[psychology] Metanoia (from the Greek μετάνοια, metanoia, `changing one`s mind`) has been used in psychology since at least the time of American thinker William James to describe a process of fundamental change in the human personality. The term derives from the Ancient Greek words μετά (metá) (meaning `beyond` or `after`) and ...
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[rhetoric] Metanoia (from the Greek μετάνοια, metanoia, changing one`s mind) in the context of rhetoric is a device used to retract a statement just made, and then state it in a better way. As such, metanoia is similar to correction. Metanoia is used in recalling a statement in two ways—-to weaken the prior declaration or to stren...
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[theology] Metanoia, a transliteration of the Greek μετάνοια, has been reckoned the greatest word in the New Testament. The King James Version and many other versions of the New Testament translate metanoia/μετάνοια as repentance. Metanoia`s verbal cognate metanoeo/μετανοέω is translated by the word repent. Translati...
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repentance; fundamental change in character
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Metanoia is a self-correction. It’s when a writer or speaker deliberately goes back and modifies a statement that they just made, usually either to strengthen it or soften it in some way.
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