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- adjective Pertaining to
thanatology .
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Examples
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We have determined that this superstition resulted from a misinterpretation of thanatological (death-related) data.
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But what if Interstate 57 looks decidedly Roman or Subcontinental — or imagine a hysterical combination of a Hindu cremation ritual, a New Orleans jazz funeral march, Jim Crace's quivering, and a High Baroque Requiem mass plus the nonstop visual, aromatic and aural assault from this thanatological mixture.
Archive 2006-02-01 2006
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But what if Interstate 57 looks decidedly Roman or Subcontinental — or imagine a hysterical combination of a Hindu cremation ritual, a New Orleans jazz funeral march, Jim Crace's quivering, and a High Baroque Requiem mass plus the nonstop visual, aromatic and aural assault from this thanatological mixture.
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I have met a would-be suicide bomber who had not yet had the chance to put his thanatological daydream into practice.
Medpundit 2005
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I have met a would-be suicide bomber who had not yet had the chance to put his thanatological daydream into practice.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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The thanatological philosophies of spirit that Schelling here wishes were dead are in fact very much alivehence the reiterated forcefulness of his censure.
Mourning Becomes Theory: Schelling and the Absent Body of Philosophy 2000
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There are few things scarier than the prospect of Random Death popping right out of your medicine chest like some sort of thanatological Jack-in-the-Box.
Blog d'Elisson 2008
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