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metanoia

[ met-uh-noi-uh ]SEE DEFINITION OF metanoia

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The Metanoia, the re-directing of my thought, was a thorough and basic change.

I see no way out of all this except as one of us after another reaches the Metanoia, the new point of view as regards God.

WORD ORIGIN

1768, "penitence, spiritual conversion," from Greek metanoia "afterthought, repentance," from metanoein "to change one's mind or purpose," from meta- (see meta) + noein "to have mental perception," from noos "mind, thought."

MORE RELATED WORDS FOR METANOIA

conversion

nounchange, adaptation

regeneration

nounconversion
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