Deathism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The belief that death is natural, inevitable, or desirable. uncountable

    "Religions may be the purest offspring of deathism. Most religions promise rewards in heaven or punishments in hell […]"

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"Religions may be the purest offspring of deathism. Most religions promise rewards in heaven or punishments in hell […]"

Etymology

From death + -ism.

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