Etymology

psychopannychism

Today it means: The doctrine that the soul falls asleep at death, and does not wake until the resurrection of the body. Full definition →

Ancient Greek παννύχιος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαννύχιος“all night long”
  2. English todaypsychopannychism

From psycho- + Ancient Greek παννύχιος (pannúkhios, “all night long”) + -ism.

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