Definition: Immortality

Etymology

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

Noun

immortality (countable and uncountable, plural immortalities)

1. (religion, mythology, biology) The condition of being immortal.
   1. Never dying

      In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth.

   2. Being remembered forever

Related terms

• immortal
• mortality

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