Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

immortalist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-mor-tal-ist
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul.

noun

One who seeks to extend human life indefinitely.

adj

Pertaining to a belief in or quest for immortality.

Example Sentences

"September 28 1657, Jeremy Taylor, A sermon preached at the funeral of Sir George Dalston the inhabitants by Ister who were called ἀθανατίζοντες, "Immortalists;" because, in the midst of all their dark notices of things, they saw […] "that virtuous and good men do not die[…]""
"Advocates of nonbiostatic immortalist philosophies include the precryonics immortalist Federov and more recent thinkers such as Alan Harrington, Hans Moravec, and Frank Tipler."

Etymology

From immortal + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: immortal

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

immortalists (plural)

Questions

What does immortalist mean?: One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul.
Where does immortalist come from?: From immortal + -ist.

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