Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The study of death and dying, especially in their psychological and social aspects.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The doctrine of death; a discourse on death.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A description, or the doctrine, of death.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun psychology The study of human aspects of
death and the associatedgrief andrituals .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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'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!
Crapometer Questions 3 Miss Snark 2006
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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.
Alison Rose Levy: What Would You Do If You Did Not Fear Death? Alison Rose Levy 2010
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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.
The Truth About Grief Ruth Davis Konigsberg 2011
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Using personal experience or anecdote instead of research to guide treatment has been a big problem with applied thanatology all along.
The Truth About Grief Ruth Davis Konigsberg 2011
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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.
The Truth About Grief Ruth Davis Konigsberg 2011
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Using personal experience or anecdote instead of research to guide treatment has been a big problem with applied thanatology all along.
The Truth About Grief Ruth Davis Konigsberg 2011
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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.
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The rest of the books were too clinical, written by some PhD in psychology or some “expert” in thanatology.
The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007
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The rest of the books were too clinical, written by some PhD in psychology or some “expert” in thanatology.
The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007
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The rest of the books were too clinical, written by some PhD in psychology or some “expert” in thanatology.
The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007
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