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单词 thanatism
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thanatismn.

/ˈθanətɪz(ə)m/
Etymology: < Greek θάνατος death + -ism suffix.
The belief or doctrine that at death the human soul ceases to exist.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > doctrines concerning the soul > [noun] > mortalism
mortalism1646
thanatism1900
1900 Academy 1 Dec. 512/1 For ourselves we prefer to say that even atheism and thanatism are speculations.
1902 J. McCabe tr. E. Haeckel Riddle of Universe xi. 67/1 We give the name of ‘thanatism’..to the opinion which holds that at a man's death..his ‘soul’ also disappears,—that is, that sum of cerebral functions which psychic dualism regards as a peculiar entity, independent of the other vital processes in the living body.
1902 J. McCabe tr. E. Haeckel Riddle of Universe xi. 69/1.

Derivatives

ˈthanatist n. a believer in thanatism.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > doctrines concerning the soul > [noun] > mortalism > believer in
mortalist1646
mortalian1647
anti-eternitarian1746
thanatist1902
1902 W. S. Lilly in 19th Cent. Mar. 466 I suppose that thanatists, as it is the fashion to call them, are really not very numerous.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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