immortality
noun
- ability to live forever, or eternal life
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/ / /ˌɪmɔːɹˈtæləti/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English immortalitee, immortalite, from Old French immortalité, from Latin immortālitās. Morphologically immortal + -ity.
- The condition of being immortal.
“In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth.”
“In the little, as in the great things of life, are to be found the type and sign of our immortality. Every hope that looks forward is pledge of the hereafter to which it refers. Who rests content with the present? None. We have all deep within us a craving for the future.”
- The condition of being immortal.
“You have to salute Gerrard's bravery in accepting the challenge of trying to turn Rangers around given that he has zero experience in senior management. Immortality beckons if he does it.”