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thanatopsis

/θænəˈtɒpsɪs/

thanatopsis noun: contemplation of death.

Noun

thanatopsis (plural thanatopses)

  1. Contemplation of death.

thanatopsis meaning in Bengali

thanatopsis in Bengali

মৃত্যু নিয়ে ধ্যান, গভীর চিন্তন

Forms of thanatopsis

pluralthanatopses

Origin of thanatopsis

From Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos, “death”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “seeing”), via the poem "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant. Although a surface analysis of thanato- + -opsis readily suggests itself and might invite a semantic expectation of deathliness, Bryant's sense of the word corresponds to "the seeing of death" rather than "the appearance/likeness of death".

Questions about thanatopsis

What does thanatopsis mean?
Thanatopsis means contemplation of death.
What is thanatopsis in Bengali?
Thanatopsis in Bengali is মৃত্যু নিয়ে ধ্যান, গভীর চিন্তন. See Thanatopsis meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is thanatopsis?
Thanatopsis is a noun.
How do you pronounce thanatopsis?
Thanatopsis is pronounced /θænəˈtɒpsɪs/.
What is the plural of thanatopsis?
The plural of thanatopsis is thanatopses.

Words near thanatopsis in the dictionary

  1. thanatopolitical
  2. thanatopolitics
  3. thanatopraxis
  4. thanatopraxy
  5. thanatopses
  6. thanatopsis
  7. Thanatos
  8. thanatoses
  9. thanatosis
  10. thanatotic
  11. thanatourism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thanatopsis (page history and authors); thanatopsis (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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