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immortality

  • /ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/ UK
  • /ˌɪmɔːɹˈtæləti/ US

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From Middle English immortalitee, immortalite, from Old French immortalité, from Latin immortālitās. Morphologically immortal + -ity.

noun immortalities

  1. countable, uncountable Never dying In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth.

    Similar: undeadliness

  2. countable, uncountable Being remembered forever You have to salute Gerrard's bravery in accepting the challenge of trying to turn Rangers around given that he has zero experience in senior management. Immortality beckons if he does it.

Similar: athanasy, deathlessness, eternal life, everlasting life, immortality · Opposite: mortality

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: eternity, immortal, athanasia, deathlessness, everlastingness, endlessness, imperishability, eternal life, sempiternity, ceaselessness, eternality, unendingness, undyingness, indestructibility, agelessness, timelessness

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noun condition of not being susceptible to death

Españolinmortalidad
한국어불멸 bulmyeol, 불사신 bulsasin, 불사 bulsa, 영생 yeongsaeng
日本語不老不死 furōfushi, 不朽 fukyū, 不死 fushi, 永生 eisei
中文不朽 bùxiǔ, 永生 yǒngshēng, 不死 bùsǐ
हिन्दीचिरस्थायित्व cirasthāyitva
Kiswahilihali ya kutokufa
Portuguêsimortalidade
Françaisimmortalité
DeutschUnsterblichkeit
Italianoimmortalità
Ελληνικάαθανασία athanasía
Românăimortalitate
Русскийбессме́ртие bessmértije, бессме́ртность bessmértnostʹ
Tiếng Việtsự bất tử
العربيةخُلُود ḵulūd
עבריתאלמות almavet, אלמלא ilmalei, אלמלי ilmalei

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@misc{immortality_2026,
  title = {immortality},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/immortality},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}