immortality
/ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/
immortality means the condition of being immortal.; Never dying. It carries an Arena rating of 1401, earned across 5 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, immortality ranks #1,823 of 17,052 for Scariest Words, #2,759 of 17,052 for Most Sublime Words, #2,824 of 17,052 for Most Ponderous Words, #2,893 of 17,052 for Most Beautiful Words.
immortality is pronounced /ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/.
Why “immortality” is a great word
The condition of being exempt from death or of being remembered forever. From Middle English immortalitee, from Old French immortalité, from Latin immortalitas, from immortalis ("deathless"), from in- ("not") + mortalis ("mortal"); first attested in English in the mid-14th century. Unlike "mortality," its direct and biological opposite, or "athanasy," a clinical term for mere deathlessness, immortality is a dual specter—both a biological fantasy and a cultural verdict. It is the desperate alchemy of the pharaoh’s tomb, the faded name on a forgotten plaque, and the echo of a song sung by a chorus of the long-dead; it is the haunting recognition that to live forever in memory is still to be a ghost.
Etymology
From Middle English immortalitee, immortalite, from Old French immortalité, from Latin immortālitās. Morphologically immortal + -ity.
noun
- The condition of being immortal.; Never dyinge.g.“In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth.”
- The condition of being immortal.; Being remembered forevere.g.“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.”
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