Not to be confused with a person who can morph themselves into someone else or a creature by will, but someone who has an ability to body swap – without necessarily having control over it. I am writing a short fiction story and I am looking for acceptable sounding names/words to describe this action and the scientific name for body swapping.
I have come across Changeling, Morphling, and Automorphic but all of these suggest a way of having control over of changing ones own physical appearance. I am looking for something more specific to the actual switching of bodies.
This young woman has known since she was a child that she was able to [transcend into someone else's body] for an unknown amount of time but she could not control it.
Bonus points if it's SciFi jargon.
Best Answer
transmute TFD
trans·mut·ed, trans·mut·ing, trans·mutes
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You may need to come up with your own SciFi neologism. This site's answers does not participate in such ... though anyone can do so in comments. Check the synonyms of this word and any others in answers and comments. Check out this article body-swapping for ideas. Good luck.
Good luck!