deathlessness
Definition
Noun: The state or quality of being immortal; the condition of not being subject to death or decay.
Usage Examples
- (They desired immortality and eternal life.)
- (The soul is thought to live forever.)
- (It offers perpetual life without dying.)
Advanced Usage
- "to attain deathlessness": to achieve immortality or eternal fame.
- Through his heroic deeds, the warrior attained deathlessness in the memories of his people. (He became remembered forever.)
- "deathlessness of the spirit": the concept that the non-physical aspect of a person endures beyond physical death.
- The philosopher argued for the deathlessness of the spirit, claiming consciousness survives the body. (He believed the soul is immortal.)
Variants and Related Words
- Deathless (adj): not subject to death; immortal.
- The poet wrote about deathless love that transcends time. (Love that never ends.)
- Deathlessness is the noun form of "deathless."
Synonyms
- Immortality: the ability to live forever; eternal life.
- Perpetuity: the state of lasting forever.
- Endlessness: the quality of having no end.
Related Idioms
- To live on in legend: to achieve a form of deathlessness through fame or myth.
- The king's bravery lives on in legend, granting him a kind of deathlessness. (His name is remembered forever.)
Phrasal Verbs
None directly associated with "deathlessness" as a noun. However, related verbs include: - Live forever: to exist eternally. - The vampire in the story lives forever, enjoying deathlessness. (He never dies.) - Cheat death: to avoid dying in a situation where death seemed likely. - The hero cheated death and achieved a temporary deathlessness. (He survived against the odds.)