Meanings
alternative athanasia
- uncountableAn absence of death or the condition of everlasting life.
Is not a scholiastic athanasy better than none?
1871, James Russell Lowell, My Study Windows1 more example
Hughes's "Ghost Crabs" has at its core a similar morbid fascination for this invading natural athanasy that overflows the symbolic protections of the self.
2014, Borja Aguiló Obrador, “The Nursery Glass and the Wild Moor”, in Research Challenges for Anglophone Studies in the 21st Century, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, page 88Synonyms: deathlessness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn absence of death or the condition of everlasting life.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀθανασία“immortality”
- Englishathanasy
From Ancient Greek ἀθανασία (athanasía, “immortality”).
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Polish atanazja
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athanasy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/athanasy
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