natality

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In a discussion of Arendt's notion of natality, Miguel Vatter links the notion with her attempt to envision a politics counter to totalitarianism.

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  1. noun See birthrate.

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  • Brazil also have a huge problem of natality and immigration of wealthy or professional talents from the middle-east could be helpful in short term. —  Home
  • A revolution is best described as "natality" or the birth of ideas, a new beginning towards political freedom.
  • The freedom to sow the seed of natality is synonymous with collective political action among equals and remains the soul of a revolution.
  • Also note that the natality among Palestinians is higher than among Jews, with as inevitable consequence a dwindling, minority status for the Jews in the region's population. —  The J Curve
  • Her 14 children will reproduce to eventually become an additional 2.1 million people, on an already overcrowded planet, a thousand years from now, assuming normal natality. —  Brain Blogger
 

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  1. natal + (mortal)ity.

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  1. = French natalité, from Latin na - talis, of birth: see natal.
 

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/nəˈtæləti/
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