Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The study of death and dying, especially in their psychological and social aspects.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The doctrine of death; a discourse on death.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A description, or the doctrine, of death.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects)
Etymologies
- From thanato- + -ology. (Wiktionary)
- Greek thanatos, death + -logy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“thanatology', haven't see that word used since Heinlein died, which is what will happen to all of us if we don't get it together folks!”
“She founded the palliative medical field of music -- thanatology and the Chalice of Repose Project, which trains teachers in palliative music vigils with the dying.”
The Huffington Post: Alison Rose Levy: What Would You Do If You Did Not Fear Death?
“Using personal experience or anecdote instead of research to guide treatment has been a big problem with applied thanatology all along.”
“In addition to holding yearly conferences, ADEC is also in the business of minting grief specialists with a certificate in thanatology, or awarding them a CT.”
“If they really want to know the reason why, says Edwin Shneidman, professor emeritus of thanatology at the University of California, Los Angeles, they will have to perform what he calls a "psychological autopsy" -- a search, not for an underlying illness, but for the triggering events that opened Foster's despair like a trapdoor.”
“The rest of the books were too clinical, written by some PhD in psychology or some “expert” in thanatology.”
“It should not be surprising that a new science, thanatology, or death with dignity, is on the way to putting death to death.”
“He concentrated on psychology and got a master's level certificate in thanatology, the study of death and dying.”
“University in 1996; master's degree in human science with a concentration in psychology and a master's level certificate in thanatology (the study of death and dying) from Hood College in”
“Ms Ware is a therapeutic musician with a knack for the healing power of the harp and a certificate of contemplative musicianship from the Chalice of Repose, a US training centre for music thanatology.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thanatology’.
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G[r]eek
A collection of words found in English that are either purely Greek or have Greek etymology.
Please add with caution and certainty. Will be regularly updated by me.etymology, philosophy, laconic, disharmony, patriarchic, archaic, phlogiston, aether, aeon, angel, arachnid, rhythm and 346 more...
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from phrontistery.info
tyromancy, tyroma, tyroid, tyriasis, tyrannicide, typtology, typothetae, typomania, typography, typographia, typhonic, typhomania and 930 more...
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Psychology
stockholm syndrome, stereotype, ergonomics, human-computer in..., prejudice, neo-luddism, stress, trauma, psychopathology, psychotic, neurosis, depression and 180 more...
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-ism's -logies
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New Words
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My Favorite Words
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technology, zymology, zygology, zoophytology, zoophysiology, zoopathology, zoonosology, zoology, zoogeology, zooarchaeology, xylology, vulcanology and 850 more...
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Things I adore
words, linguistics, etymology, philosophy, literature, research, poetry, science, cognition, solitude, nihilism, zen and 139 more...
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The Solitary Vice: Against Reading
Word's gathered while reading The Solitary Vice by Mikita Brottman
meringue, bibliomancer, grimoire, vampiric, bibliofessional, otherworld, kestrel, winkle-picker, bluestocking, carrel, interlard, bibiolatry and 42 more...
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