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past-life

past-life adjective: related to a past life.

Adjective

past-life (not comparable)

  1. Related to a past life.
    • Dreams about past-life experiences have haunted me for most of my life.
    • A vivid example is the recently conceived spiritualist technique of past-life therapy. A New Age version of psychoanalysis, past-life therapy involves uncovering traumas from one's previous lives. Past-life therapists argue that, by dredging up […]2000, James Fieser, Moral Philosophy Through the Ages

Questions about past-life

What does past-life mean?
Past-life means related to a past life.
What part of speech is past-life?
Past-life is an adjective.

Words near past-life in the dictionary

  1. past tense
  2. past tenses
  3. past the point of
  4. past time
  5. past-due
  6. past-life
  7. past-master
  8. past-masters
  9. past-participial
  10. past-posting
  11. past-time

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