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thanatopsis

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌθænəˈtɒpsɪs/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(than′ə top′sis)

than•a•top•sis (than′ə top′sis),USA pronunciation n.

a view or contemplation of death.
Literature(cap., italics) a poem (1817) by William Cullen Bryant.

thanat(o)- + -opsis

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thanatopsis /ˌθænəˈtɒpsɪs/ n

a meditation on death, as in a poem

Etymology: 19th Century: from Greek thanatos death + opsis a view

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