mortality
Inevitable end awaits
Mortality is the condition of being subject to death—what separates humans from gods in classical thought.
It also refers to death on a large scale: infant mortality rates, mortality from heart disease.
A mortality is a death or the number of deaths: The war caused massive mortalities.
To confront one's mortality is to reckon with the fact that you will die.
Service honoring the dead
- graveSerious and worrying
- coffinBurial container for remains
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
cremation · burial · cemetery · bereavement · deceased · morgue · undertaker · hearse
Passing very quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- temporaryLimited in duration
- impermanentNot meant to last
passing · short-lived · finite · evanescent · transitory · brief · momentary · fragility
Frequency of fatalities measured
- life expectancyAverage anticipated survival duration
- actuarialOf risk calculation
- epidemiologyStudy of disease spread
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
census · longevity · survival rate · morbidity · public health · cause of death · vital statistics
State of being real
- meaningWhat something signifies
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- legacyWhat's passed down
- soulInnermost animating essence
transcendence · nihilism · absurdity · ontology · metaphysics · Heidegger · finitude · angst
Coming into the world
- agingGrowing older over time
- lifespanTotal existence duration
- generationAge-defined peer group
- senescenceGradual functional decline with age
decline · twilight years · midlife · prime · infirmity · frailty · old age · decrepitude
Certain to occur
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- destinyPredetermined course of events
predestined · doom · predetermined · immutable · unalterable · irreversible · hourglass · final hour
funeral
Service honoring the dead
obituary · cremation · burial · cemetery · bereavement · deceased · morgue · undertaker · hearse · epitaph
fleeting
Passing very quickly
impermanent · passing · short-lived · finite · evanescent · transitory · brief · momentary · fragility · perishable
death rate
Frequency of fatalities measured
- life expectancyAverage anticipated survival duration
- actuarialOf risk calculation
- epidemiologyStudy of disease spread
demographics · census · longevity · survival rate · morbidity · public health · cause of death · vital statistics
existence
State of being real
- meaningWhat something signifies
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- legacyWhat's passed down
soul · transcendence · nihilism · absurdity · ontology · metaphysics · Heidegger · finitude · angst · authenticity
birth
Coming into the world
- agingGrowing older over time
- lifespanTotal existence duration
- generationAge-defined peer group
senescence · decline · twilight years · midlife · prime · infirmity · frailty · old age · decrepitude · dying
inevitable
Certain to occur
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
destiny · predestined · doom · predetermined · immutable · unalterable · irreversible · hourglass · final hour
- life stagesbaby, teenager, adult, childhood, adolescence
- metaphysicsessence, being, reality, existence, substance theory
- Black Deathbubonic plague, Black Death, plague doctors, buboes, Yersinia pestis
- Dark AcademiaLatin, Greek, classics, literature, Oxford
- Deep themesexistential crisis, moral dilemma, meaning of life, free will, fate
- plaguesBlack Death, bubonic plague, Black Plague, plague doctor, plague mask
mortalityimmortality
Exemption from death
eternal life · deathlessness · everlasting life · imperishability · eternality
- infant mortality ratesMeasure of newborn deaths
- facing mortality
- mortality rateDeaths per population measured
- infant mortalityDeath rate under one
- maternal mortalityDeath during pregnancy/childbirth
- child mortalityDeaths among the young
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