thanatography

Noun

thanatography (plural thanatographies)

1. An account, usually written, of the death of a person.
   • I am tempted to assert that all writing falls somewhere between "oneirography" (a writing out of dreams) and "thanatography" (a writing out of deaths).1991, University of Auckland, Instituto Vox, Antipodas, numbers 3-4, University of Auckland, →ISBN, page 55
   • I am tempted to assert that all writing falls somewhere between "oneirography" (a writing out of dreams) and "thanatography" (a writing out of deaths).1991, Roy Boland, Sally Harvey, Magical Realism and Beyond: The Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Novel, number 3, Vox/AHS, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 55