deathism

English

Etymology

From death +‎ -ism.

Noun

deathism (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) The belief that death is natural, inevitable, or desirable.
    • 1999, Bart Kosko, The Fuzzy Future: From Society and Science to Heaven in a Chip, page 247:
      Religions may be the purest offspring of deathism. Most religions promise rewards in heaven or punishments in hell […]
    • 2010, Robert J. Pellegrini, Identities for Life and Death, page 248:
      There is no joy of any kind in what I describe as the deathism paradigm they follow, other than whatever feelings of effectiveness may be derived from killing the infidel and in fulfilling the personal death wish of religious martyrdom.
    • 2025 October 25, Stephen Cave, “Threescore and many more”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 9:
      For this growing set, the idea that we might have a fixed, natural lifespan is pure defeatism—“deathism” even, a spell from which we must awaken to realise our full potential.

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