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Word Of The Week #1

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Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. It’s a fun way to improve your vocabulary by learning new words every week. wowIf you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on my WOW post (like this one.)

This week’s word is:

Metanoia

Word: Metanoia

Part Of Speech: Noun

Pronunciation: meh-tah-Noy-ah

Meaning:

The journey of changing one’s mind, heart, self or way of life.

or

Change in one’s way of life resulting from penitence or spiritual conversion.

Synonyms: Conversion, Transformation, Change, Alteration and Rebirth.

Antonyms: Stagnation, Idleness and Sameness.

Word Origin:  Greek, from metanoein ‘change one’s mind’ 

It’s use in a sentence: “what he demanded of people was metanoia, repentance, a complete change of heart”

I hope you guys like this word and hope it’s useful to you in some or the other way!

26 responses to “Word Of The Week #1”

  1. weight2lose2013 Avatar
    weight2lose2013

    I love this idea! What a way to expand our vocabulary in a fun, constructive way. Thanks, Heena!

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
      Heena Rathore P.

      Thanks a lot Rob! I’m glad that you liked the idea! 🙂

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  2. ArcaneHalloween Avatar
    ArcaneHalloween

    Well I for one have never heard the word Metanoia before, interesting! Thank you Heena, I have a love of language so will put this word to good use as soon as I get a chance.

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
      Heena Rathore P.

      I’m so happy that this post is being so useful! 🙂
      I had second thoughts about this word before posting it, but I’m glad I went ahead with it!

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  3. erikakind Avatar
    erikakind

    Of very good use for my posts! Great idea, Heena!

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
      Heena Rathore P.

      Thanks Erika 🙂
      I’m happy that you found this word useful 🙂

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      1. erikakind Avatar
        erikakind

        Absolutely! I really think this is a great idea, since this is such an international platform.

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        1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
          Heena Rathore P.

          Yea… me too 🙂

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  4. romeorites Avatar
    romeorites

    Great word and I feel it would also make a great character name 🙂

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
      Heena Rathore P.

      Thanks and now that you mention it, even I think it will make a good name for a character!
      You have any ideas as to what should be that character’s personality? I guess Metanoia will have to have some really crazy and weird issues! lol! 😉
      What say?

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      1. romeorites Avatar
        romeorites

        Free spirited, wise but not in the usual way. A character that, like you say, clearly has some issues but sometimes they are not clear. Appears lost but really is not, and the great thing about it is the name could be for someone who is completely gender neutral which like the name goes quite well.

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        1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
          Heena Rathore P.

          Hahahah! You’ve really given Metanoia a thought! (though I’m starting to feel that the word feels like a mental disease!)
          OMG, I guess we’re really tearing this word piece by piece apart! lol! 😉

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  5. Meredith Avatar
    Meredith

    What a terrific idea. Now, if I could just remember the words.

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
      Heena Rathore P.

      Thanks Meredith!
      Yea… same here 🙂

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  6. Professor VJ Duke Avatar
    Professor VJ Duke

    Now that is a great word!

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
      Heena Rathore P.

      Thanks! I’m glad you liked it 🙂

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      1. Professor VJ Duke Avatar
        Professor VJ Duke

        Yes! Now, I would say it all the time, but…I keep forgetting how to pronounce it!

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        1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
          Heena Rathore P.

          Hmmm… I guess I can help with that! Visit this link, it’s the pronunciation of Metanoia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W6ovd0jGVM

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  7. Indah Susanti Avatar
    Indah Susanti

    That’s cool word actually and now I know the meaning. Thanks so much for this info. I think it is great idea to post this regularly – looking forward to read more 😉 ❤

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
      Heena Rathore P.

      Thanks! I’m glad that Word Of The Week is getting liked by everyone! 😀
      hope fully I’ll be posting more words per week than the decided one word! lol 😉

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  8. Vishal Pardeshi Avatar
    Vishal Pardeshi

    Such a useful word! Congrats for pulling this meme off so successfully! 🙂
    Very proud of you ❤

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
      Heena Rathore P.

      Thanks dadda ❤

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  9. Bregje Avatar
    Bregje

    I didn’t know this word before, thanks for sharing! I really love your idea for this meme. I normally don’t really do memes, but I really like this one, so when I have a little more time I am going to participate 🙂 Words are just so interesting and so much fun!

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
      Heena Rathore P.

      Thanks Bregje! I’m glad you liked it.
      And you are more than welcome to participate.
      And yea… words are indeed interesting… they are the heart of our posts! 🙂

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  10. Molly Mortensen Avatar
    Molly Mortensen

    Nice post! I’d never heard of this word before, but it’s a fitting first word. 🙂

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
      Heena Rathore P.

      Thanks Molly!
      Based on your comment, my purpose is served here 😀

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