deathbound

adj — 2 senses

deathbound

adj

Etymology From death + bound (“tied; connected”).

1

Bound by death; tied to or connected with death; mortal

Not long ago, as eternity flows, most of humanity felt earthbound, sin-bound, limitation-bound, deathbound, fear-bound, and guilt-bound.1985, Unity, volume 165:

deathbound

adj

Etymology From death + -bound (“destined to”).

1

Fated or destined to die.

That the human spirit is mortal, deathbound, that death does not befall our existence by accident or as a catastrophe, but that our existence, of its own nature, projects itself, with all its forces, unto its death — […]1989, Alphonso Lingis, Deathbound Subjectivity:

Synonyms: fey

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