thanatism
English
Etymology
thanato- + -ism. Coined by Ernst Haeckel.
Noun
thanatism (uncountable)
- The belief that the human soul eventually dies.
- 2008 April 27, Leon Wieseltier, “The Catastrophist”, in New York Times:
- Or to put it in the bracingly original terms of “The Second Plane,” it is misology that is the cause of thanatism.
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Anagrams
- staithman