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immortality
im·mor·tal·i·ty I0050200 (ĭm′ôr-tăl′ĭ-tē)n.1. The quality or condition of being immortal.2. Endless life or existence.3. Enduring fame.im•mor•tal•i•ty (ˌɪm ɔrˈtæl ɪ ti)
n. 1. immortal condition or quality; unending life. 2. enduring fame. [1300–50; Middle English < Latin] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  immortality - the quality or state of being immortalpermanence, permanency - the property of being able to exist for an indefinite durationmortality - the quality or state of being mortal | | 2. | immortality - perpetual life after deathafterlife, hereafter - life after death |
immortalitynoun1. eternity, perpetuity, everlasting life, timelessness, incorruptibility, indestructibility, endlessness, deathlessness belief in the immortality of the soul2. fame, glory, celebrity, greatness, renown, glorification, gloriousness Some people want to achieve immortality through their works.Quotations
"I have good hope that there is something after death" [Plato Phaedo]
"Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion, and I will cherish it to my last breath" [Cicero De Senectute]
"Immortality is health; this life is a long sickness" [St Augustine Sermons]
"Unable are the Loved to die"
"For Love is Immortality" [Emily Dickinson]
"Children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality" [George Santayana The Life of Reason: Reason in Society]
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work ... I want to achieve it through not dying" [Woody Allen]immortalitynounEndless life after death:afterlife, deathlessness, eternity, everlasting life, everlastingness.Translationsimmortal (iˈmoːtl) adjective living for ever and never dying. A person's soul is said to be immortal; the immortal works of Shakespeare. 不朽的 不朽的ˌimmorˈtality (-ˈtӕ-) noun 不朽 不朽imˈmortalize, imˈmortalise verb to make (a person etc) famous for ever. He wrote a song immortalizing the battle. 使不朽 使不朽immortality
immortality, attribute of deathlessness ascribed to the soul in many religions and philosophies. Forthright belief in immortality of the body is rare. Immortality of the soul is a cardinal tenet of Islam and is held generally in Judaism, although it is not an essentially Jewish idea. The ancient Greeks and Romans believed in an afterlife, in which the souls of men lived on, but generally only the gods were considered truly immortal. The ancient Celts believed firmly in immortality. In the East, ZoroastrianismZoroastrianism
, religion founded by Zoroaster, but with many later accretions. Scriptures
Zoroastrianism's scriptures are the Avesta or the Zend Avesta [Pahlavi avesta=law, zend=commentary].
..... Click the link for more information. posited immortality. The religions arising in India (Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism) generally consider individual immortality undesirable and believe in reincarnationreincarnation
[Lat.,=taking on flesh again], occupation by the soul of a new body after the death of the former body. Beliefs vary as to whether the soul assumes the new body immediately or only after an interval of disembodiment.
..... Click the link for more information. of men as a chain eventually leading to reunion with the infinite (Nirvana). Christianity teaches the resurrectionresurrection
[Lat.,=rising again], arising again from death to life. The emergence of Jesus from the tomb to live on earth again for 40 days as told in the Gospels has been from the beginning the central fact of Christian experience and a cardinal feature of Christian doctrine
..... Click the link for more information. of the body (in the sense of survival of personality) as well as immortality of the soul. See spiritismspiritism
or spiritualism,
belief that the human personality continues to exist after death and can communicate with the living through the agency of a medium or psychic.
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blissful upper realm or state entered after death; in Western monotheistic religions it is the place where the just see God face to face (sometimes called the beatific vision).
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in Western monotheistic religions, eternal abode of souls damned by the judgment of God. The souls in hell are deprived forever of the sight of God. The punishment of hell is generally analogized to earthly fire.
..... Click the link for more information. . Bibliography See C. J. Caes, Beyond Time: Ideas of the Great Philosophers on Eternal Existence and Immortality (1985); P. and L. Badham, Death and Immortality in the Religions of the World (1987). ImmortalitySee also Agelessness.Admetusgranted everlasting life when wife Alcestis dies in his place. [Gk. Myth.: NCE, 54]amber axesymbol of everlasting life. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 82]ambrosiafood of gods; bestows immortality. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary]amritabeverage conferring immortality. [Hindu Myth.: Parrinder, 19]ankhtalisman ensuring everlasting life. [Egyptian Myth.: Jobes, 99]apples of perpetual youthadmit Norse gods to eternal life. [Norse Myth.: Benét, 43]Calypsopromises Odysseus eternal youth and immortality if he will stay with her forever. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 166]cedarsymbol of everlasting life. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 301]Chironimmortal centaur. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 58]cicadasymbol of eternal life. [Chinese Folklore: Jobes, 338]cypresssymbol of eternal life. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 402]cypress coffinsymbolizes everlasting life; used for burials of heroes. [Gk. and Egyptian Folklore: Leach, 272]fan palmemblem of eternal life among early Christians. [Plant Symbolism: Embolden, 25–26]globe amaranthflower of immortality. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 172]greybeard-grow-youngmagical lake plant; its scent conferred everlasting life. [Babyl. Myth.: Gilgamesh]ichorflows through the veins of gods instead of blood. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary]Luggnaggimaginary island; inhabitants immortal but lack immortal health. [Br. Lit.: Gulliver’s Travels]nectardrink of gods; bestows eternal life. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 75)]nightingaleimmortal bird whose voice has been heard from time immemorial. [Br. Poetry: Keats “Ode to a Nightingale”]scarabdung-beetle; said to carry secret of eternal life. [Egyptian Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 967]serpentsheds skin to renew its life. [Gk. Myth.: Gaster, 37]Struldbrugsrace “cursed” with gift of deathlessness. [Br. Lit.: Gulliver’s Travels]Tithonusgiven eternal life but not eternal youth. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 1087]tree of lifeeat of its fruit and live forever. [O.T.: Genesis, 3:22]Utnapishtimblessed by Enlil with everlasting life. [Babyl. Myth.: Gilgamesh]Wandering Jewdoomed to live forever for scorning Jesus. [Fr. Lit.: The Wandering Jew]Xanthus and BaliusAchilles’ divine horses. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad]yewtraditionally planted in churchyards; symbol of deathlessness. [Br. Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 1171]immortality
immortality (ĭm″or-ăl′ĭ-tē) The ability of some cells, particularly cancer cells, to reproduce indefinitely. Normal human cells have a finite life expectancy. They may divide for a few dozen generations, but eventually stop reproducing and die. immortality
Synonyms for immortalitynoun eternitySynonyms- eternity
- perpetuity
- everlasting life
- timelessness
- incorruptibility
- indestructibility
- endlessness
- deathlessness
noun fameSynonyms- fame
- glory
- celebrity
- greatness
- renown
- glorification
- gloriousness
Synonyms for immortalitynoun endless life after deathSynonyms- afterlife
- deathlessness
- eternity
- everlasting life
- everlastingness
Antonyms for immortalitynoun the quality or state of being immortalRelated WordsAntonymsnoun perpetual life after deathRelated Words |