thanatopsis
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əˈtɒp noun
1.
a view or contemplation of death.
2.
( initial capital letter, italics ) a poem (1817) by William Cullen Bryant.
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| —n | |
| a meditation on death, as in a poem | |
| [C19: from Greek thanatos death + opsis a view] | |
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