natality
nounEtymology From natal + -ity, perhaps after mortality. Compare French natalité (“birthrate”) and Middle English natalyte (“birth”). Philosophical usage introduced by Hannah Arendt.
1
Demographics, Demography The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.
2
Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences The human ability to create new ideas, institutions and frameworks out of nothing.
- Synonyms
- birthrate
- Derived terms
- natimortality
- Coordinate terms
- fertility rate, replacement rate