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May 28, 2018
This week’s themeThere’s a word for it This week’s words metanoia cremnophobia ochlocracy enantiodromia obverse A.Word.A.Day on your site Add the daily word to your web page. It is free. 
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PRONUNCIATION:
(met-uh-NOI-uh)
MEANING:
noun: A profound transformation in one’s outlook.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek metanoia (a change of mind), from metanoein (to change one’s
mind). Earliest documented use: 1577.
USAGE:
“You’ll need to rethink everything. Here you’ll need to resort to old-style
metanoia, to radical rethinking and alteration.” Alois Brandstetter (Translation: Peter & Evelyn Firchow); The Abbey; Ariadne Press; 1998. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography. -Lloyd Alexander, novelist (30
Jan 1924-2007)
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