Necrology

Synonyms for "necrology" (113 found)

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Closest matches (23)

adventureadventuresannalsarchautobiographybarrowbill of mortalitybiographical sketchbiographybody countboundary stonebrassbustcairncase historycasualty listcenotaphchroniclechronicleschronology
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Strong matches (34)

Noun(4 words)
death notice prosedeath noticesdeath registerdeath studies

Related words (56)

Noun(10 words)
mortality scienceobitobituaryobituary compositionobituary genreobituary listobituary listingsobituary recordsobituary writingthanatology

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More general

9 entries
biographical writingdeath recorddeath sciencedeath studieslistlistingnoticeobituary recordobituary writing

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3 entries

Collocations

6 entries
annual necrologynecrology databasenecrology entriesnecrology noticesnecrology sectionuniversity necrology

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Voltaire and Rousseau died in 1778, d'Alembert in 1783, and Diderot in 1784, while leading salonnières Mesdames du Deffand and d'Épinay passed away in 1780 and 1783. Beneath this sombre necrology, important shifts were occurring in the workings of the public sphere and in the sites in which opinion was constructed.

Source: wiktionary

2006 Marc Fisher; We Loved That Airline To Death; Washington Post The fare structure is one reason Independence Air has joined a necrology of low-cost carriers that stretches over four decades.

Source: wiktionary

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