immortality

im·mor·tal·i·ty  (môr-tl-t)

n.

1. The quality or condition of being immortal.

2. Endless life or existence.

3. Enduring fame.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	immortality - the quality or state of being immortal permanence, permanency - the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration mortality - the quality or state of being mortal
	2.	immortality - perpetual life after death afterlife, hereafter - life after death

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immortality

noun

1. eternity, perpetuity, everlasting life, timelessness, incorruptibility, indestructibility, endlessness, deathlessness belief in the immortality of the soul

2. fame, glory, celebrity, greatness, renown, glorification, gloriousness Some people want to achieve immortality through their works.

Quotations
"I have good hope that there is something after death" [Plato Phaedo]
"Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion, and I will cherish it to my last breath" [Cicero De Senectute]
"Immortality is health; this life is a long sickness" [St Augustine Sermons]
"Unable are the Loved to die"
"For Love is Immortality" [Emily Dickinson]
"Children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality" [George Santayana The Life of Reason: Reason in Society]
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work ... I want to achieve it through not dying" [Woody Allen]

Translations

immortality [ˌɪmɔːˈtælɪtɪ] N → inmortalidad f

immortality [ˌɪmɔː^rˈtælɪti] n

(= enduring fame) → immortalité f
Perhaps they were seeking immortality through infamy → Peut-être recherchaient-ils l'immortalité à travers leur infamie.
to achieve immortality → passer à la postérité

(= eternal life) [soul] → immortalité f
the immortality of the soul → l'immortalité de l'âme

immortality

n (of person, God) → Unsterblichkeit f; (of fame) → Unvergänglichkeit f; (of life) → Ewigkeit f

immortality [ˌɪmɔːˈtælɪtɪ] n → immortalità

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immortality [ˌɪmɔːˈtælɪtɪ] n → immortalità