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thanatopsis definition

☆ thana·top·sis (t̸han′ə täp′sis)

noun

a view of or musing upon death

Etymology: coined by William Cullen Bryant: see thanato- & -opsis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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