"thanatopsis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /θænəˈtɒpsɪs/ Forms: thanatopses [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos, “death”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “seeing”), via the poem "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant. Although a surface analysis of thanato- + -opsis readily suggests itself and might invite a semantic expectation of deathliness, Bryant's sense of the word corresponds to "the seeing of death" rather than "the appearance/likeness of death". Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|θάνατος||death}} Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos, “death”), {{confix|en|thanato|opsis|nocat=1}} thanato- + -opsis Head templates: {{en-noun|thanatopses}} thanatopsis (plural thanatopses)
  1. Contemplation of death. Wikipedia link: Thanatopsis, William Cullen Bryant Related terms: thanatosis, for more, thanato- (english: and its derivatives)

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