transfiguration
nounEtymology From Middle English transfiguracioun, from Old French transfiguracion, Anglo-Norman transfiguraciun, and Latin transfigūrātio.
1
A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.
2
A change that exalts or glorifies.
3
superposition of one or more ideal-elements in comparison with other real ones, often through imagination but sometimes at the risk of confusing when not clearly realized.
- Derived terms
- retransfiguration