thanatopic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "Conrad was always inclined to feel guilty about his thanatopic morbidity and anxious about its reception by an audience conceived of as an interminable succession of Bobrowskis."
- "Pictures of young lovers creeping up the slope arm-in-arm were published with syrupy thanatopic captions."
- "Seaton (1996) argues that dark tourism emerges from what he terms the 'thanatopic tradition' (i.e. the private contemplation of death in public places)."
- "Whether seen as a linear consequence to or a distinct postmodern divergence from thanatopic traditions, contemporary dark tourism has some relevance to present-day thanatopic behaviours – especially when located within a thesis of death sequestration and mediating mortality within contemporary society."
- "Although drawn larger than life, Cather's mythological figure of Eros, with his accompanying thanatopic qualities, does not dwarf Alexandra: rather, he both complements and enhances her psyche as an expression of her desire for more than the patriarchy can offer."
- "Thanatopic shuffleboard continues over to starboard; ominous little holes in the deck, bulkhead, railing, and even my little Astroturf square testify to my wisdom in having steered clear of the A.M. Darts Tourney."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos, “death”) + τοπικός (topikós, “Pertaining to a place or topic”).
Inflected Forms
more thanatopic (comparative)
most thanatopic (superlative)