thanatism

English

Etymology

From thanato- +‎ -ism. Coined by Ernst Haeckel.

Noun

thanatism (uncountable)

1. The belief that the human soul eventually dies.
   • 2008 April 27, Leon Wieseltier, “The Catastrophist”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Or to put it in the bracingly original terms of “The Second Plane,” it is misology that is the cause of thanatism.

Anagrams

• staithman