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Meaning of "thanatopsis" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD THANATOPSIS

From Greek thanatos death + opsis a view.
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PRONUNCIATION OF THANATOPSIS

thanatopsis  [ˌθænəˈtɒpsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THANATOPSIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thanatopsis 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 THANATOPSIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of thanatopsis in the English dictionary

The definition of thanatopsis in the dictionary is a meditation on death, as in a poem.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THANATOPSIS


ampelopsis
ˌæmpɪˈlɒpsɪs
antisepsis
ˌæntɪˈsɛpsɪs
apsis
ˈæpsɪs
asepsis
əˈsɛpsɪs
calliopsis
ˌkælɪˈɒpsɪs
caryopsis
ˌkærɪˈɒpsɪs
coreopsis
ˌkɒrɪˈɒpsɪs
corylopsis
ˌkɒrɪˈlɒpsɪs
eclipsis
ɪˈklɪpsɪs
ellipsis
ɪˈlɪpsɪs
heliopsis
ˌhelɪˈɒpsɪs
meconopsis
ˌmɛkəˈnɒpsɪs
periapsis
ˌperɪˈæpsɪs
prolepsis
prəʊˈlɛpsɪs
scepsis
ˈskepsɪs
sepsis
ˈsɛpsɪs
skepsis
ˈskɛpsɪs
stereopsis
ˌstɛrɪˈɒpsɪs
synapsis
sɪˈnæpsɪs
synopsis
sɪˈnɒpsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THANATOPSIS

than most
thanage
thanatism
thanatist
thanatognomonic
thanatography
thanatoid
thanatological
thanatologist
thanatology
thanatophobia
Thanatos
thanatosis
Thanatotic
thane
thanedom
thanehood
thaneship
Thanet
thangka

WORDS THAT END LIKE THANATOPSIS

asynapsis
ecthlipsis
epanalepsis
krypsis
monoblepsis
omphaloskepsis
parablepsis
paraleipsis
paralipsis
parasynapsis
procrypsis
stypsis
syllepsis
thlipsis
tripsis
xerotripsis
zoothapsis

Synonyms and antonyms of thanatopsis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thanatopsis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THANATOPSIS

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

Translator English - Chinese

死亡观
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Thanatopsis
570 millions of speakers

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thanatopsis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

thanatopsis
380 millions of speakers
ar

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thanatopsis
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Thanatopsis
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

thanatopsis
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

thanatopsis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Thanatopsis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Thanatopsis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Thanatopsis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

thanatopsis
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

thanatopsis
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thanatopsis
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thanatopsis
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாவைப் பற்றி ஆழ்ந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थापनलॉप्सिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

thanatopsis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Thanatopsis
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Thanatopsis
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Thanatopsis
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

thanatopsis
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

thanatopsis
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

thanatopsis
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Thanatopsis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thanatopsis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thanatopsis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THANATOPSIS»

The term «thanatopsis» is normally little used and occupies the 123.448 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THANATOPSIS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «thanatopsis» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «thanatopsis» 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 thanatopsis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THANATOPSIS»

Discover the use of thanatopsis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thanatopsis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Thanatopsis: The Flood of Years
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Cullen Bryant, W. J. 1812-1897 Linton, 2010
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Sella; Thanatopsis and Other Poems
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com).
William Cullen Bryant, 2010
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Law and Letters in American Culture
(October 7, 1915), 432-433, and Tremaine McDowell, "Bryant's Practice in Composition and Revision," PMLA, 52 (June 1937), 474-502. The most forceful and thorough advocate of a dialogue in "Thanatopsis" is Albert McLean in McLean, ...
Robert A. Ferguson, 1984
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Thanatopsis and a Forest Hymn...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Cullen Bryant, 2012
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Thanatopsis, Sella, and Other Poems...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Cullen Bryant, 2012
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Imaginative Thanatopsis: Death and the 19th-century American ...
I see this project as contributing to 19th-century American scholarship on death practices and literature, including those by Ann Douglas, Karen Sanchez-Eppler and Russ Castronovo, but doing so by arguing that the literary mechanism of ...
Michael S. Martin, 2009
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Death's Disciples
The gate arm and tire spikes might have stopped the Civic, but they couldn'tstop theBatPack. "That's the Beemer,"Krupinskiwhispered as he, Calliope, and Thanatopsis crouched behind a cement wall on the lowest level of the parking garage.
J Robert King, 2011
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A History of American Magazines, 1850-1865
As we now look back upon Sparks's six bimonthly numbers, it is easy for us to see that the most important single piece in them was Bryant's "Thanatopsis." This poem, which had been written some six years earlier, was left at Phillips' home in  ...
Frank Luther Mott, 1938
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Three Great Poems: Thanatopsis, Flood of Years, Among the Trees
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
William Cullen Bryant, 2012
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American Literary Autographs, from Washington Irving to ...
WILLIAM. CULLEN. BRYANT. "Thanatopsis." Autograph. manuscript. unsigned. [ n.p.,. n.d.}. 2. p. 25. cm. Poet, essayist and editor (b. Cummington, Mass. 1794; d. New York City 1878). Among his many published works are The Embargo ...
Herbert Cahoon, Thomas V. Lange, Charles Ryskamp, 1977

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THANATOPSIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thanatopsis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Minnie Lee Brown
... Minister Ossie Banks (Olin) and Barbara Mathis of Albany, GA; Thanatopsis Luster of Atlanta, GA; Annell Johnson (Benjamin) of Columbus, GA; two brothers, ... «The Albany Herald, Jul 15»
2
'Thanatopsis' on the Mamasapano cornfield
Last Saturday morning, a group of us from the Office of Women and Gender Concerns (OWGC) of the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines ... «Inquirer.net, Feb 15»
3
'The Leftovers' Season Premiere: TV Recap
That sets the stage for some wee-hours thanatopsis, where one of the Frosts muses that the dead dog witnessed the Sudden Departure, leading the animal to ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 14»
4
The Best Beatles Reunion
It is his William Cullen Bryant moment, another Hudson Valley-inspired “Thanatopsis.” And at one point, he turns to the guitarist behind him to smile. It's George's ... «New Yorker, Feb 14»
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Sex, Lies, and ObamaCare
William Cullen Bryant wrote "Thanatopsis" in the early nineteenth century, with .... William Cullen Bryant wrote "Thanatopsis" in the early nineteenth century, with ... «American Thinker, Dec 13»
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The First Race to the Top
Those who could repeat lines from the famous poem “Thanatopsis” could not define the word in the title. Students could not explain whether Lake Ontario flowed ... «New York Times, Apr 13»
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BOV member Thomas falls for allure of the muse
When he was 4, his grandfather began feeding him lines from William Cullen Bryant's poem “Thanatopsis,” and making Thomas stand and recite them to his ... «William and Mary News, Feb 13»
8
Thanatopsis for Ronald Dworkin
Ronald Dworkin has died. In Taking Rights Seriously , his first major work, published in 1977, he mounted a powerful assault on the legal positivism of his ... «First Things, Feb 13»
9
Remembering Rosa Parks on Her 100th Birthday
He is able, energetic and as ready to die in the boycott as General Patton in a tank (as a matter of fact, there is a conspicuous thread of thanatopsis in his ... «U.S. News & World Report, Feb 13»
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Along Came an Indie: 'Proteus'
Now I'm having trouble getting it out of my head. This has happened before with other peculiar words like Thanatopsis, Agamemnon, and Ozymandias, but never ... «StickSkills, Feb 13»

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