athanasy

English

Alternative forms

• athanasia

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈθænəsɪ/

Noun

athanasy (uncountable)

1. An absence of death or the condition of everlasting life.
   • 1871, James Russell Lowell, My Study Windows:

     Is not a scholiastic athanasy better than none?

   • 2014, Borja Aguiló Obrador, “The Nursery Glass and the Wild Moor”, in Research Challenges for Anglophone Studies in the 21st Century, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, page 88:

     Hughes's "Ghost Crabs" has at its core a similar morbid fascination for this invading natural athanasy that overflows the symbolic protections of the self.

Synonyms

• deathlessness; see also Thesaurus:immortality

Related terms

• athanatism