deathbound

comparative more deathbound · superlative most deathbound · alternative death-bound

1. Bound by death; tied to or connected with death; mortal

   Not long ago, as eternity flows, most of humanity felt earthbound, sin-bound, limitation-bound, deathbound, fear-bound, and guilt-bound.

   1985, Unity, volume 165

comparative more deathbound · superlative most deathbound · alternative death-bound

1. Fated or destined to die.

   That the human spirit is mortal, deathbound, that death does not befall our existence by accident or as a catastrophe, but that our existence, of its own nature, projects itself, with all its forces, unto its death — […]

   1989, Alphonso Lingis, Deathbound Subjectivity

   Synonyms: fey