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noun

Never dying

“In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth.”

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Meanings

nounimmortality (countable and uncountable, plural immortalities)

plural immortalities

  1. The condition of being immortal.
    1. countableuncountablebiologyNever dying

      In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth.

      2 more examples

      In the little, as in the great things of life, are to be found the type and sign of our immortality. Every hope that looks forward is pledge of the hereafter to which it refers. Who rests content with the present? None. We have all deep within us a craving for the future.

      1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Marriage Morning”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 201

      His one desire was to become the father of a man like himself, and it held him with a grip he only partially understood, for it was the first great desire, the first great passion of his life. Falling in love was a mere physical triviality, like warm sun or cool water, beside this divine hope of immortality: "I continue."

      1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 4

      Synonyms: undeadliness

    2. countableuncountablebiologyBeing remembered forever

      You have to salute Gerrard's bravery in accepting the challenge of trying to turn Rangers around given that he has zero experience in senior management. Immortality beckons if he does it.

      2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport

Synonyms & antonyms

nounNever dying

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More synonyms by meaning

nounthe quality or state of being immortal

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinimmortālitās
  2. Old Frenchimmortalité
  3. Middle Englishimmortalitee
  4. Englishimmortality

From Middle English immortalitee, immortalite, from Old French immortalité, from Latin immortālitās. Morphologically immortal + -ity.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀθανασία
  • ἀθανασία (athanasía)condition of not being susceptible to death
Arabic خُلُود
  • خُلُود (ḵulūd)condition of not being susceptible to death
Bulgarian безсмъ́ртие
  • безсмъ́ртие (bezsmắrtie)condition of not being susceptible to death
Catalan immortalitat
  • immortalitatcondition of not being susceptible to death
Chinese Mandarin 不朽, 永生
  • 不朽 (bùxiǔ)condition of not being susceptible to death
  • 永生 (yǒngshēng)condition of not being susceptible to death
  • 不死 (bùsǐ)condition of not being susceptible to death
Czech nesmrtelnost
  • nesmrtelnostcondition of not being susceptible to death
Danish udødelighed
  • udødelighedcondition of not being susceptible to death
Dutch onsterfelijkheid
  • onsterfelijkheidcondition of not being susceptible to death
Esperanto senmorteco
  • senmortecocondition of not being susceptible to death
Estonian surematus
  • surematuscondition of not being susceptible to death
Finnish kuolemattomuus
  • kuolemattomuuscondition of not being susceptible to death
French immortalité
  • immortalitécondition of not being susceptible to death
German Unsterblichkeit
  • Unsterblichkeitcondition of not being susceptible to death
Greek αθανασία
  • αθανασία (athanasía)condition of not being susceptible to death
Hebrew אלמות, אלמלא
  • אלמות (almavet)condition of not being susceptible to death
  • אלמלא (ilmalei)condition of not being susceptible to death
  • אלמלי (ilmalei)condition of not being susceptible to death
Hindi चिरस्थायित्व
  • चिरस्थायित्व (cirasthāyitva)condition of not being susceptible to death
Hungarian halhatatlanság
  • halhatatlanságcondition of not being susceptible to death
Icelandic ódauðleiki
  • ódauðleikicondition of not being susceptible to death
Indonesian keabadian
  • keabadiancondition of not being susceptible to death
Irish neamhbhásmhaireacht
  • neamhbhásmhaireachtcondition of not being susceptible to death
Italian immortalità
  • immortalitàcondition of not being susceptible to death
Japanese 不老不死, 不朽
  • 不老不死 (furōfushi)condition of not being susceptible to death
  • 不朽 (fukyū)condition of not being susceptible to death
  • 不死 (fushi)condition of not being susceptible to death
  • 永生 (eisei)condition of not being susceptible to death
Korean 불멸, 불사신
  • 불멸 (bulmyeol)condition of not being susceptible to death
  • 불사신 (bulsasin)condition of not being susceptible to death
  • 불사 (bulsa)condition of not being susceptible to death
  • 영생 (yeongsaeng)condition of not being susceptible to death
Latin immortālitās
  • immortālitāscondition of not being susceptible to death
Latvian nemirstība
  • nemirstībacondition of not being susceptible to death
Lithuanian nemirtingumas
  • nemirtingumascondition of not being susceptible to death
Malay keabadian
  • keabadiancondition of not being susceptible to death
Norwegian Bokmål udødelighet
  • udødelighetcondition of not being susceptible to death
Polish nieśmiertelność
  • nieśmiertelnośćcondition of not being susceptible to death
Portuguese imortalidade
  • imortalidadecondition of not being susceptible to death
Romanian imortalitate
  • imortalitatecondition of not being susceptible to death
Russian бессме́ртие, бессме́ртность
  • бессме́ртие (bessmértije)condition of not being susceptible to death
  • бессме́ртность (bessmértnostʹ)condition of not being susceptible to death
Slovak nesmrteľnosť
  • nesmrteľnosťcondition of not being susceptible to death
Spanish inmortalidad
  • inmortalidadcondition of not being susceptible to death
Swahili hali ya kutokufa
  • hali ya kutokufacondition of not being susceptible to death
Swedish odödlighet
  • odödlighetcondition of not being susceptible to death
Tagalog kawalang-kamatayan
  • kawalang-kamatayancondition of not being susceptible to death
Thai อมตภาพ
  • อมตภาพ (à-má-dtà-pâap)condition of not being susceptible to death
Turkish ölümsüzlük
  • ölümsüzlükcondition of not being susceptible to death
Ukrainian безсме́ртя, безсме́ртність
  • безсме́ртя (bezsmértja)condition of not being susceptible to death
  • безсме́ртність (bezsmértnistʹ)condition of not being susceptible to death
Vietnamese sự bất tử
  • sự bất tửcondition of not being susceptible to death
Cite this entry
APA

immortality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immortality

MLA

“immortality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immortality. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immortality,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immortality.

Source: immortality on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.