mortalist

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UK/ˈmɔːtəlɪst/

noun

Someone who believes that the soul is mortal like the body.

First used 17th c.Scrabble 11
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Meanings

nounmortalist (plural mortalists)

plural mortalists

  1. historicalSomeone who believes that the soul is mortal like the body.First known use 17th c.
adjectivemortalist (comparative more mortalist, superlative most mortalist)

comparative more mortalist · superlative most mortalist

  1. historicalPertaining to this doctrine of mortalism.First known use 18th c.

    Both Anabaptists and Familists sympathised with the ‘mortalist’ doctrine that the soul slept until the Day of Judgement […]

    1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 164

Origin

From mortal + -ist.

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APA

mortalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mortalist

MLA

“mortalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mortalist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mortalist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mortalist.

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