athanatism
nounEtymology From a- + thanato- + -ism.
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences immortality of the soul
- But its roots were destroyed when Copernicus refuted the geocentric theory in 1545; and athanatism became quite untenable when Darwin shattered the dogma of anthropocentricism.1904, Ernst Haeckel, Wonders of life, page 66:
- Related terms
- athanasy