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than⋅a⋅top⋅sis

  [than-uh-top-sis]
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–noun
1. a view or contemplation of death.
2. (initial capital letter, italics) a poem (1817) by William Cullen Bryant.
Origin:
thanat(o)- + -opsis
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than·a·top·sis   (thān'ə-tŏp'sĭs)   
n.  A meditation upon death.

[Greek thanatos, death + -opsis.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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