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What is a Samsaran Word™?

Puzzling Asked on June 4, 2021

In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.


If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Samsaran Word™.
Use the examples below to find the rule.

SAMSARAN Words™ Not SAMSARAN Words™
PIPELINE CONDUIT
AVERAGE MEDIOCRE
ITEMIZE ENUMERATE
ACCEPTABLE ADEQUATE
INHABITANT RESIDENT
ANTEJURAMENTUM PLEA
LIVELINESS ZESTINESS
SPOKESWOMEN SPOKESMEN
UNINSULTING RESPECTFUL
VIOLATIONAL REBELLIOUS
ANTICAPITALIST COMMUNIST
WEATHER-BEATEN DILAPIDATED

Or, in a CSV:

SAMSARAN Words™,Not SAMSARAN Words™
PIPELINE, CONDUIT
AVERAGE, MEDIOCRE
ITEMIZE, ENUMERATE
ACCEPTABLE, ADEQUATE
INHABITANT, RESIDENT
ANTEJURAMENTUM, PLEA
LIVELINESS, ZESTINESS
SPOKESWOMEN, SPOKESMEN
UNINSULTING, RESPECTFUL
VIOLATIONAL, REBELLIOUS
ANTICAPITALIST, COMMUNIST
WEATHER-BEATEN, DILAPIDATED

These are not the only examples of Samsaran Words™, many more exist.

What makes a word Samsaran?

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Correct answer by omzrs on June 4, 2021

I think the answer is that:

This allows the corner case

Also, the word Samsaran is itself a Samsaran word (kinda... more on that below).

Funnily enough,

I didn't mean to swoop User omzrs' answer. I arrived at my solution independently, then looked at the spoilers on that answer, only to find that I had been beaten by about 6 hours. However, I posted mine because I felt I had a more precise definition and something important to add to the discussion.

Answered by user45266 on June 4, 2021

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