thanatology
UK/θan.əˈtɒl.əd͡ʒ.i//ˌθæ.nəˈtɑl.əd͡ʒ.i/
thanatology noun: the scientific study of death and the practices associated with it, including the study of the needs of the terminally ill and their families.
Noun
thanatology (usually uncountable, plural thanatologies)
- 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
- The work is part of a growing field called comparative thanatology — the study of how different animals react to death.2022 May 17, Elizabeth Preston, “Elephants in Mourning Spotted on YouTube by Scientists”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
thanatology meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Gujarati
thanatology in Hindi
- scientific study of death
- मृत्युविज्ञान mŕtyuvijñān
thanatology in Tamil
- scientific study of death
- மரணவியல் maraṇaviyal
thanatology in Marathi
- scientific study of death
- मृत्युविज्ञान mŕtyuvijñān
thanatology in Gujarati
- scientific study of death
- મૃત્યુવિજ્ઞાન mŕtyuvijñān
More languagesFewer languages
- thanatology in Malay
- kaji kematian, tanatologi
- thanatology in Persian
- مرگشناسی margšenāsī
- thanatology in Vietnamese
- tử vong học
Forms of thanatology
| plural | thanatologies |
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Origin of thanatology
From thanato- + -logy, from Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos, “death”).
Words formed from thanatology
Words that rhyme with thanatology
- homology
- topology
- technology
- mythology
- ontology
- theology
- typology
- aetiology
- anthology
- archaeology
- biology
- buttonology
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- etymology
- pathology
- phraseology
- psychology
- scatology
- tautology
- apology
- cosmology
- cryptology
- ecology
- neurology
- teleology
- aerology
- anthropology
- arcology
- Christology
- cohomology
- cosmetology
- cytology
- deontology
- epistemology
- eschatology
- ethology
- eucology
- geology
- gerontology
- graphology
- haplology
- heterology
- hydrology
- ideology
- lepidopterology
- oology
- phonology
- radiology
- tricknology
- xenobiology
- zoology
- zymology
- acanthology
- acarology
- accidentology
- acology
- acridology
- actinology
- aeromycology
- alcohology
- appropriate technology
Questions about thanatology
- What does thanatology mean?
- Thanatology means the scientific study of death and the practices associated with it, including the study of the needs of the terminally ill and their families.
- What is thanatology in Hindi?
- Thanatology in Hindi is मृत्युविज्ञान (mŕtyuvijñān). See Thanatology meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thanatology?
- Thanatology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thanatology?
- Thanatology is pronounced /θan.əˈtɒl.əd͡ʒ.i/ (UK).
- What is the plural of thanatology?
- The plural of thanatology is thanatologies.
Words near thanatology in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: 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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