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Patients who are being kept alive by technology and want to end their lives already have a recognized constitutional right to stop any and all medical interventions, from respirators to antibiotics. They do not need physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia.
Ezekiel Emanuel

Meaning of "euthanasia" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EUTHANASIA

Via New Latin from Greek: easy death, from eu- + thanatos death.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EUTHANASIA

euthanasia  [ˌjuːθəˈneɪzɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EUTHANASIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Euthanasia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EUTHANASIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

euthanasia

Euthanasia

Euthanasia refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering. There are different euthanasia laws in each country. The British House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics defines euthanasia as "a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life, to relieve intractable suffering". In the Netherlands, euthanasia is understood as "termination of life by a doctor at the request of a patient". Euthanasia is categorized in different ways, which include voluntary, non-voluntary, or involuntary. Voluntary euthanasia is legal in some countries, U.S. states, and Canadian Provinces. Non-voluntary euthanasia is illegal in all countries. Involuntary euthanasia is usually considered murder. As of 2006, euthanasia is the most active area of research in contemporary bioethics. In some countries there is a divisive public controversy over the moral, ethical, and legal issues of euthanasia. Those who are against euthanasia may argue for the sanctity of life, while proponents of euthanasia rights emphasize alleviating suffering, bodily integrity, self-determination, and personal autonomy.

Definition of euthanasia in the English dictionary

The definition of euthanasia in the dictionary is the act of killing someone painlessly, esp to relieve suffering from an incurable illness Also called: mercy killing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EUTHANASIA


antonomasia
ˌæntənəˈmeɪzɪə
aphasia
əˈfeɪzɪə
Aspasia
əˈspeɪzɪə
Australasia
ˌɒstrəˈleɪzɪə
brasier
ˈbreɪzɪə
brazier
ˈbreɪzɪə
Caucasia
kɔːˈkeɪzɪə
crazier
ˈkreɪzɪə
dysphasia
dɪsˈfeɪzɪə
dysplasia
dɪsˈpleɪzɪə
ectasia
ɛkˈteɪzɪə
fantasia
fænˈteɪzɪə
glazier
ˈɡleɪzɪə
grazier
ˈɡreɪzɪə
gymnasia
dʒɪmˈneɪzɪə
Malaysia
məˈleɪzɪə
metaplasia
ˌmɛtəˈpleɪzɪə
neoplasia
ˌniːəˈpleɪzɪə
progymnasia
ˌprəʊdʒɪmˈneɪzɪə
telangiectasia
tɪˌlændʒɪɛkˈteɪzɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EUTHANASIA

eutaxitic
eutaxy
eutectic
eutectoid
Euterpe
Euterpean
euthanase
euthanasiast
euthanasic
euthanasy
euthanatise
euthanatize
euthanaze
euthanise
euthanize
euthenics
euthenist
eutherian
euthymia
euthyroid

WORDS THAT END LIKE EUTHANASIA

asia
abasia
achalasia
active euthanasia
alocasia
anaplasia
Anastasia
astasia
Austrasia
dyscrasia
Eurasia
hemostasia
hip dysplasia
hyperplasia
hypoplasia
Laurasia
Malvasia
passive euthanasia
Transcaucasia
voluntary euthanasia

Synonyms and antonyms of euthanasia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EUTHANASIA»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «euthanasia» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of euthanasia

Translation of «euthanasia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EUTHANASIA

Find out the translation of euthanasia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of euthanasia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «euthanasia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

安乐死
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la eutanasia
570 millions of speakers

English

euthanasia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इच्छामृत्यु
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القتل الرحيم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эвтаназия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

eutanásia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আরামের মরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

euthanasie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Euthanasia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Euthanasie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

安楽死
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

안락사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Euthanasia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm người sắp chết ngu mê khỏi đau đớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கருணைக்கொலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुखाचे मरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ötenazi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eutanasia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

eutanazja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

евтаназія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eutanasie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευθανασία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

genadedood
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

eutanasi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dødshjelp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of euthanasia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EUTHANASIA»

The term «euthanasia» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.496 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EUTHANASIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «euthanasia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «euthanasia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about euthanasia

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10 QUOTES WITH «EUTHANASIA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word euthanasia.
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Pope Benedict XVI
Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia.
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Ezekiel Emanuel
Patients who are being kept alive by technology and want to end their lives already have a recognized constitutional right to stop any and all medical interventions, from respirators to antibiotics. They do not need physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia.
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Ezekiel Emanuel
Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia have been profound ethical issues confronting doctors since the birth of Western medicine, more than 2,000 years ago.
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Ezekiel Emanuel
Americans tend to endorse the use of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia when the question is abstract and hypothetical.
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Ezekiel Emanuel
By establishing a social policy that keeps physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia illegal but recognizes exceptions, we would adopt the correct moral view: the onus of proving that everything had been tried and that the motivation and rationale were convincing would rest on those who wanted to end a life.
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Juliana Hatfield
Puerto Ricans who find they can no longer afford to keep their pets often choose to drop their dogs, sometimes even whole litters of puppies, at a beach - sometimes under cover of night, in secret - rather than surrender the animal to a city or state-run shelter where the animals will face grim conditions and almost certain death by euthanasia.
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Jack Kevorkian
Yes, we need euthanasia, for certain cases where people are in comas or too immobile to even press a button.
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Jack Kevorkian
My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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John Key
If I had terminal cancer, I had a few weeks to live, I was in tremendous amount of pain - if they just effectively wanted to turn off the switch and legalise that by legalising euthanasia, I'd want that.
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Sherwin B. Nuland
Even putting aside the Judeo-Christian morality upon which the Constitution and our nation's culture are based, the notion of forced euthanasia would contradict the long-held body of medical ethics to which all American doctors must adhere.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EUTHANASIA»

Discover the use of euthanasia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to euthanasia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Euthanasia, Death with Dignity and the Law
This book focuses on the impact of euthanasia on the dignity of both the recipient and the practitioner while emphasizing the legal, professional, and ethical implications of euthanasia and its significance for the exercise of clinical ...
Hazel Biggs, 2001
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Euthanasia: A Reference Handbook
This timely work is a balanced overview of end-of-life issues related to euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Jennifer Fecio McDougall, Martha Gorman, 2008
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Euthanasia: The Debate Over the Right to Die
Discusses the issues raised by the question of euthanasia and assisted suicide, and the ethical problems that may arise.
Seamus Cavan, 2000
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Euthanasia
Explains what euthanasia is, explores arguments for and against it, and discusses the medical, legal, and ethical controversies surrounding it.
Linda Jackson, 2005
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Euthanasia Examined: Ethical, Clinical and Legal Perspectives
This book discusses thoroughly the major ethical, legal and clinical issues involved in the euthanasia debate.
John Keown, 1997
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Arguing Euthanasia: The Controversy Over Mercy Killing, ...
Essays discuss the legal and ethical issues related to physician-assisted sucicide, the work of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, and lethal prescriptions for the terminally ill
Jonathan Moreno, 1995
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Euthanasia, Choice and Death
The pressing and universally relevant issue of euthanasia is debated in this volume.
Gail Tulloch, 2005
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Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument Against ...
The Tony Bland case
John Keown, 2002
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Islamic Ethics of Life: Abortion, War, and Euthanasia
Islamic Ethics of Life considers three of the most contentious ethical issues of our time-abortion, war, and euthanasia-from the Muslim perspective.
Jonathan E. Brockopp, 2003
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Euthanasia
In recent years euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide have been partially legalized in the Netherlands and in the state of Oregon and have been debated before the U.S. Supreme Court.
William Dudley, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EUTHANASIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term euthanasia is used in the context of the following news items.
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When euthanasia's a moral option | Otago Daily Times Online News …
The same applies to the debate on euthanasia, focused anew by Wellington lawyer Lecretia Seales' court plea to allow her doctor to help her ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
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Adoptions up, euthanasia down in RR - Rio Rancho Observer: Local
Adoptions up, euthanasia down in RR. Higher Rio Rancho Animal Control adoption and reclaim rates are good news for resident pets, like this ... «Rio Rancho Observer, Jul 15»
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"Dr. Death" Philip Nitschke - LifeNews.com
Australia Lifts Suspension of Medical License of Euthanasia Activist “Dr. Death” Philip Nitschke. International. Paul Russell Jul 9, 2015 | 1:48PM Sydney, ... «LifeNews.com, Jul 15»
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Cartoonist's father first legal euthanasia case – The Bogota Post
A 79-year-old terminally ill cancer patient was allowed to die last week in Colombia's first ever legal euthanasia. Ovidio González, the father of ... «The Bogota Post, Jul 15»
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Interview: Director Henry Hobson on Maggie and Tackling …
Interview: Director Henry Hobson on Maggie and Tackling Euthanasia and Fear of Illness Through Zombies. by Lesley Coffin Wednesday, July ... «The Mary Sue, Jul 15»
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Adoptions up, euthanasia down in RR - Rio Rancho Observer: News
Pet adoptions and reclaims are up and euthanasia is down at the Rio Rancho Animal Control Shelter. Rio Rancho Police Department oversees ... «Rio Rancho Observer, Jul 15»
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Govt to come out with policy to stop euthanasia of Army dogs
The Army's current practice of euthanasia of the service dogs will be stopped under a policy to be announced "soon" by the Government that ... «Zee News, Jul 15»
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Elderly Being Pressured Into “Choosing” Euthanasia, Wife Tells …
Netherlanders are pressured into “choosing” euthanasia, reads the story. I'm not surprised. This has been true for many years. For example, in ... «LifeNews.com, Jul 15»
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German churches oppose proposals to legalise euthanasia
Proposals to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide in Germany have met with opposition from the country's Catholic and Protestant ... «Catholic Herald Online, Jul 15»
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Colombia opens its doors to euthanasia
Colombian officials approved the country's first legal death by euthanasia last week. After a week-long legal battle, 79-year old Ovidio Gonzalez ... «World Magazine, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Euthanasia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/euthanasia>. Apr 2024 ».
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