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THANATOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thanatology mean?
• THANATOLOGY (noun)
The noun THANATOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects)
Familiarity information: THANATOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("thanatology" is a kind of...):
science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)
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