Friday 10th June
2016
Metanoia \ [met-uh-noi-uh]
Noun
1.
a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.
Quote
"Turn," let us not forget, is the word Tolkien uses for the moment of change in
fairy stories, the moment of becoming. It is reversal, metanoia, felt before the
mind can grasp it, before the apprehension of the happy ending and the consolation.
...Verlyn Flieger, Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World 2002
Origin
Metanoia comes from the Greek metánoia meaning "change of mind,repentance."
It entered English in the late 1500’s.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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