Usually means: Endless repetition of life events.
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  1. eternal recurrence: Merriam-Webster
  2. eternal recurrence: Wiktionary
  3. Eternal Recurrence (EP), Eternal Recurrence (disambiguation), Eternal Recurrence, Eternal recurrence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (eternal recurrence)

▸ noun:  (cosmology, religion, philosophy) The belief or theory that all the events in cosmic history repeat in an endless cycle.

Similar:
eternalism, cyclicity, coeternity, recurrence, cyclicalism, cyclicality, Groundhog Day, supercyclicity, oligorecurrence, repeating, more...

Opposite:
non-recurrence, one-time occurrence, finite occurrence

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Similar:
eternalism, cyclicity, coeternity, recurrence, cyclicalism, cyclicality, Groundhog Day, supercyclicity, oligorecurrence, repeating, more...

Opposite:
non-recurrence, one-time occurrence, finite occurrence



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