Echothanatopraxia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Repetition of the actions which caused a specific death. uncountable

    "there is tentative evidence from the synthesis to suggest that a hope for reunification coupled with echothanatologia may extend into action/praxis to echothanatopraxia (i.e. echoing the action which caused death) in order to hasten reunification."

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"there is tentative evidence from the synthesis to suggest that a hope for reunification coupled with echothanatologia may extend into action/praxis to echothanatopraxia (i.e. echoing the action which caused death) in order to hasten reunification."

Etymology

From echo- + thanato- + praxis.

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