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Transanima
Published: 1st September 2021
Citation: Astronist Institution. (2021). Transanima. Available: https://www.astronism.com/astronary/astroeschatology/transanima. Last accessed [enter date e.g. 1st Sept 2021].
tranzˈanɪmə
noun Astroeschatology
the ability of the soul to transport itself out of one’s body while one is still alive, especially as a means of transversing The Cosmos.
DERIVATIVES AND ALTERNATIVE PHRASES
Transanimatic | tranzˈ anɪˈ matɪk | adjective
Transanimatical | tranzˈ anɪˈ matɪk(ə)l | adjective
Transanimatically | tranzˈ anɪˈ matɪk(ə)li | adverb
Transanimism | tranzˈ anɪˈ mɪz(ə)m | noun
Transanimist | tranzˈ anɪˈ mɪst | adjective & noun
Transanimistic | tranzˈ anɪˈ mɪstɪk | adjective
ORIGINS AND ETYMOLOGY
Astro-English: from Astronese, the prefix trans- is used to denote that which is “beyond” or “across” and so conjoining this to the word anima which denotes “the soul” or “spiritual essence of a person”, altogether meaning “the ability of the soul to move beyond or across.”
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