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  • adjective Pertaining to thanatology.

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Examples

  • We have determined that this superstition resulted from a misinterpretation of thanatological (death-related) data.

    Plague Vampire Exorcism 2009

  • But what if Interstate 57 looks decidedly Roman or Subcontinental — or imagine a hysterical combination of a Hindu cremation ritual, a New Orleans jazz funeral march, Jim Crace's quivering, and a High Baroque Requiem mass plus the nonstop visual, aromatic and aural assault from this thanatological mixture.

    Archive 2006-02-01 2006

  • But what if Interstate 57 looks decidedly Roman or Subcontinental — or imagine a hysterical combination of a Hindu cremation ritual, a New Orleans jazz funeral march, Jim Crace's quivering, and a High Baroque Requiem mass plus the nonstop visual, aromatic and aural assault from this thanatological mixture.

    Roadside(memorial)america.com 2006

  • I have met a would-be suicide bomber who had not yet had the chance to put his thanatological daydream into practice.

    Medpundit 2005

  • I have met a would-be suicide bomber who had not yet had the chance to put his thanatological daydream into practice.

    Archive 2005-11-01 2005

  • The thanatological philosophies of spirit that Schelling here wishes were dead are in fact very much alivehence the reiterated forcefulness of his censure.

    Mourning Becomes Theory: Schelling and the Absent Body of Philosophy 2000

  • There are few things scarier than the prospect of Random Death popping right out of your medicine chest like some sort of thanatological Jack-in-the-Box.

    Blog d'Elisson 2008

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