natalityn.

Brit.

/nəˈtalᵻti/, U.S.

/nəˈtælədi/,

/neɪˈtælədi/

Forms: late Middle English natalyte, 1800s– natality.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: natal adj.¹, -ity suffix.

Etymology: < natal adj.¹ + -ity suffix, perhaps after mortality n. With sense 2 compare French natalité mean number of births during a given period of time (1868).

†a. Birth. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [noun]

birdeOE

birtha1200

i-borenessc1225

bearingc1275

nativityc1375

progressionc1385

gettingc1480

natality1483

naissance1490

falling1533–4

nascence1570

natitial1612

progermination1648

happy event1737

engendure1821

arrival1830

birthhood1867

interesting event1899

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccxlv/1 The passyng out of thys world of sayntes is not sayd deth of sayntes but natalyte [Fr. natiuite].

1830 ‘J. Bee’ Ess. on Foote in S. Foote Wks. p. lxxvii I should doubt whether Samuel Foote visited Truro more than once since the natality of Mr. Polwhele was proclaimed to his kindred.

b. The fact or condition of being subject to birth. Cf. mortality n. 1a. rare.

ΚΠ

1958 H. Arendt Human Condition v. xxxiv. 247 The miracle that saves..the realm of human affairs from..ruin is ultimately the fact of natality.

1999 Church Times 12 Feb. 14/5 Jantzen replaces the idea of mortality with the idea of natality.

2. Birth rate; the ratio of the number of births in a period to the size of the population.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > statistics > study of > demographics

birth rate1856

demography1880

natality1885

demographics1892

nuptiality1900

survivorship1949

1885 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 48 525 M. Cheysson having pointed out the low rate of natality (birth-rate), combined with a high rate of infant mortality..he cites among the many causes,..the growth of large towns.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 25 May 1/3 The fact that there was a considerable increase of emigration at the time was bound to influence the natality statistics.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 398 An ingenious suggestion is..that both natality and mortality,..everything, in fine, in nature's vast workshop..is subject to a law of numeration as yet unascertained.

1966 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 35 144 The initial difference between breeding adult densities in the two populations..accounted for some of the difference in estimated natalities.

1990 Internat. Jrnl. Epidemiol. 19 1023/1 Natality and mortality are high, and life expectancy is less than 50 years.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	natality
释义	natalityn. Brit. /nəˈtalᵻti/, U.S. /nəˈtælədi/, /neɪˈtælədi/ Forms: late Middle English natalyte, 1800s– natality. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: natal adj.¹, -ity suffix. Etymology: < natal adj.¹ + -ity suffix, perhaps after mortality n. With sense 2 compare French natalité mean number of births during a given period of time (1868). 1. †a. Birth. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [noun] birdeOE birtha1200 i-borenessc1225 bearingc1275 nativityc1375 progressionc1385 gettingc1480 natality1483 naissance1490 falling1533–4 nascence1570 natitial1612 progermination1648 happy event1737 engendure1821 arrival1830 birthhood1867 interesting event1899 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccxlv/1 The passyng out of thys world of sayntes is not sayd deth of sayntes but natalyte [Fr. natiuite]. 1830 ‘J. Bee’ Ess. on Foote in S. Foote Wks. p. lxxvii I should doubt whether Samuel Foote visited Truro more than once since the natality of Mr. Polwhele was proclaimed to his kindred. b. The fact or condition of being subject to birth. Cf. mortality n. 1a. rare. ΚΠ 1958 H. Arendt Human Condition v. xxxiv. 247 The miracle that saves..the realm of human affairs from..ruin is ultimately the fact of natality. 1999 Church Times 12 Feb. 14/5 Jantzen replaces the idea of mortality with the idea of natality. 2. Birth rate; the ratio of the number of births in a period to the size of the population. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > statistics > study of > demographics birth rate1856 demography1880 natality1885 demographics1892 nuptiality1900 survivorship1949 1885 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 48 525 M. Cheysson having pointed out the low rate of natality (birth-rate), combined with a high rate of infant mortality..he cites among the many causes,..the growth of large towns. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 25 May 1/3 The fact that there was a considerable increase of emigration at the time was bound to influence the natality statistics. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 398 An ingenious suggestion is..that both natality and mortality,..everything, in fine, in nature's vast workshop..is subject to a law of numeration as yet unascertained. 1966 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 35 144 The initial difference between breeding adult densities in the two populations..accounted for some of the difference in estimated natalities. 1990 Internat. Jrnl. Epidemiol. 19 1023/1 Natality and mortality are high, and life expectancy is less than 50 years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1483
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