transmogrification

noun

Definition of transmogrificationnext
as in transformation

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  1. transformation
  2. metamorphosis
  3. transmutation
  4. mutation
Noun
  • Musk is expected to file his response to OpenAI's opposition today, but this court battle will drag on for months, potentially slowing down OpenAI's transformation.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Skarsgård speaks of his heavy prosthetics-laden transformation — which includes a mustache and deepening his voice by an entire octave — in an interview with Entertainment Weekly (conducted weeks prior to the film's premiere).
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of transformation
Noun
  • This suggests that the tadpole was in its late stage of metamorphosis.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The legendary transformation scene, featuring Oscar-winning effects by Rick Baker, still stands as the gold standard for practical werewolf metamorphosis.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
Definition of metamorphosis
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  • Prophecy is about just how dangerous women in STEM — that is, sorcery, transmutation, eugenics, and mothering — can be.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
  • In any case, whether by accident or by design, the transmutation of a vulgar old Jewface number into a civic hymn is hard to resist as metaphor—an emblem of minstrelsy’s fugitive movement through American life.
    Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
Definition of transmutation
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  • Although there are no confirmed person-to-person infections so far, Susanne recently reported on research that indicates the strain currently affecting dairy cows is one mutation away from becoming easily transmitted between humans.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Bridge RNAs Represent the Next Generation of Gene Editing While CRISPR promises to revolutionize the treatment of rare diseases caused by mutations in a single gene, experts are already pioneering gene editing’s next frontier.
    Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of mutation
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