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athanatism

athanatism noun: immortality of the soul.

Noun

athanatism (uncountable)

  1. immortality 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 of athanatism

From a- + thanato- + -ism.

Questions about athanatism

What does athanatism mean?
Athanatism means immortality of the soul.
What part of speech is athanatism?
Athanatism is a noun.

Words near athanatism in the dictionary

  1. Athanasianist
  2. Athanasianists
  3. Athanasios
  4. Athanasius
  5. athanasy
  6. athanatism
  7. Athang
  8. athanogene
  9. athanor
  10. athanors
  11. athans

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