Thanatology

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The study of death and dying, especially in their psychological and social aspects.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The study of human aspects of death and the associated grief and rituals.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A description, or the doctrine, of death.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The doctrine of death; a discourse on death.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    scientific discipline    science   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    cosmology    necrology    opthalmology    rheology    scatology   
     
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