deathlessness
- noun
- /ˈdɛθləsnəs/
- Literature
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It's interesting though, because he doesn't just talk about escaping from death, he also talks about escaping from deathlessness.
- It's interesting though, because he doesn't just talk about escaping from death, he also talks about escaping from deathlessness.
Examples
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Hence, politics was precisely a means to escape from equality before death into a distinction that would assure some measure of deathlessness.
Academic text (1997) -
Though the notion of reincarnation is employed primarily to underscore belief in a certain kind of deathlessness, it may also be understood as a profound reminder that all life is linked.
Academic text (1993) -
The photograph can act as a magical summons, aiming to enshrine identity, to create a memorial that pleads for deathlessness and issues a challenge to time.
Academic text (1995) -
"Deathlessness is a byproduct of man's life mindlessly reproduced on the screen, of man's life lived in imitation of a screen scenario.
Academic text (1997) -
Many artists seek deathlessness through their work, hoping to be remembered long after they are gone.
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The ancient texts spoke of deathlessness, suggesting that great deeds would grant individuals a lasting place in history.
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His writings on philosophy explore the theme of deathlessness, contemplating what it means to achieve eternal existence in memory.
Synonyms
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7.2
A life that never ends
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7.4
Life that continues forever after death
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9.6
A situation that lasts forever
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7.9
An endless state of being after death
A state with no beginning or end, like life after death
A time that never ends
Lasting forever without a beginning or end
A state of seeming to last or really lasting without an end
Antonyms
How Lasting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word deathlessness is built from death plus the ending -less, which means 'without' (as in hopeless), and -ness, which makes it a 'state' like happiness. So deathlessness literally means 'without death', which explains its meaning of never dying or living on forever in memory.