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thanatologies

thanatologies is the plural of thanatology.

Meaning of thanatology

Noun

thanatology (usually uncountable, plural thanatologies)

  1. (usually) The scientific study of death and the practices associated with it, including the study of the needs of the terminally ill and their families.
    • Meronym: mortuary science

Questions about thanatologies

What is thanatologies the plural of?
Thanatologies is the plural of thanatology.

Words near thanatologies in the dictionary

  1. thanatoid
  2. thanatolatry
  3. thanatologic
  4. thanatological
  5. thanatologically
  6. thanatologies
  7. thanatologist
  8. thanatologists
  9. thanatology
  10. thanatomancy
  11. thanatomania

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thanatologies (page history and authors); thanatology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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