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mortalist

UK/ˈmɔːtəlɪst/

mortalist noun: someone who believes that the soul is mortal like the body.

Noun

mortalist (plural mortalists)

  1. (historical) Someone who believes that the soul is mortal like the body.

Adjective

mortalist (comparative more mortalist, superlative most mortalist)

  1. (historical) Pertaining to this doctrine of mortalism.
    • 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

Forms of mortalist

Noun
pluralmortalists
Adjective
comparativemore mortalist
superlativemost mortalist

Origin of mortalist

From mortal + -ist.

Questions about mortalist

What does mortalist mean?
Mortalist means someone who believes that the soul is mortal like the body.
What part of speech is mortalist?
Mortalist can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce mortalist?
Mortalist is pronounced /ˈmɔːtəlɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of mortalist?
The plural of mortalist is mortalists.

Words near mortalist in the dictionary

  1. mortalise
  2. mortalised
  3. mortalises
  4. mortalising
  5. mortalism
  6. mortalist
  7. mortalists
  8. mortalitie
  9. mortalities
  10. mortality
  11. mortality table

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