athanatism

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noun

immortality of the soul

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Meanings

nounathanatism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesimmortality of the soul

    But its roots were destroyed when Copernicus refuted the geocentric theory in 1545; and athanatism became quite untenable when Darwin shattered the dogma of anthropocentricism.

    1904, Ernst Haeckel, Wonders of life, page 66

Origin

From a- + thanato- + -ism.

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Translations

Italian atanatismo
  • atanatismophilosophy

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

antiasthma
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APA

athanatism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/athanatism

MLA

“athanatism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/athanatism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “athanatism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/athanatism.

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