immortality

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18
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20
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11
Pronunciation
/ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/ (UK)
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/ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/ (UK) · /ˌɪmɔːɹˈtæləti/ (US)

Definition of immortality

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The condition of being immortal.
    “In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth.”
    “In the little, as in the great things of life, are to be found the type and sign of our immortality. Every hope that looks forward is pledge of the hereafter to which it refers. Who rests content with the present? None. We have all deep within us a craving for the future.”
    “His one desire was to become the father of a man like himself, and it held him with a grip he only partially understood, for it was the first great desire, the first great passion of his life. Falling in love was a mere physical triviality, like warm sun or cool water, beside this divine hope of immortality: "I continue."”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The condition of being immortal.
    “In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth.”
    “In the little, as in the great things of life, are to be found the type and sign of our immortality. Every hope that looks forward is pledge of the hereafter to which it refers. Who rests content with the present? None. We have all deep within us a craving for the future.”
    “His one desire was to become the father of a man like himself, and it held him with a grip he only partially understood, for it was the first great desire, the first great passion of his life. Falling in love was a mere physical triviality, like warm sun or cool water, beside this divine hope of immortality: "I continue."”
  2. (countable, uncountable)The condition of being immortal.
    “You have to salute Gerrard's bravery in accepting the challenge of trying to turn Rangers around given that he has zero experience in senior management. Immortality beckons if he does it.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English immortalitee, immortalite, from Old French immortalité, from Latin immortālitās. Morphologically immortal + -ity.

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