A state of not dying or being deathless; immortality or eternal life.
From Greek 'a-' (not) + 'thanatos' (death), combining to mean 'without death.' The term emerged in theological and philosophical contexts to describe eternal or undying states.
This word is the opposite of 'thanatophobia' (fear of death), and it appears in early Christian writings when theologians debated whether souls were naturally immortal or only gained immortality through divine grace—a surprisingly heated argument in ancient churches!
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