"natality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: natalities [plural]
Etymology: From natal + -ity, perhaps after mortality. Compare French natalité (“birthrate”) and Middle English natalyte (“birth”). Philosophical usage introduced by Hannah Arendt. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|natal|ity}} natal + -ity, {{cog|fr|natalité|t=birthrate}} French natalité (“birthrate”), {{cog|enm|natalyte|t=birth}} Middle English natalyte (“birth”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} natality (countable and uncountable, plural natalities)
  1. (demography) The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (ratio of births to population): birthrate
    Sense id: en-natality-en-noun-iP6yvO7i Categories (other): Demography, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Demography Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of Demography: 93 7 Topics: demographics, demography Disambiguation of 'ratio of births to population': 87 13
  2. (philosophy) The human ability to create new ideas, institutions and frameworks out of nothing. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-natality-en-noun-IvLvoFu6 Categories (other): Philosophy, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 40 60 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: natimortality Coordinate_terms: fertility rate, replacement rate

Inflected forms

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