Metanoia
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Metanoia, an Ancient Greek word (μετάνοια) meaning "changing one's mind", may refer to:
- Metanoia (psychology), the process of experiencing a psychotic "breakdown" and subsequent, positive psychological re-building or "healing"
- Metanoia (rhetoric), correction, a rhetorical device
- Metanoia (theology), "conversion" and "reformation" or repentance
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Etymology
The term derives from the Ancient Greek words μετά (metá) (meaning "beyond" or "after") and νόος (noeō) (meaning "perception" or "understanding" or "mind").
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