noun

immortality

im-or-TAL-uh-tee/ˌɪmɔːrˈtæləti/

Existence that continues beyond death without end.

Her statue suggests immortality, outlasting generations who leave flowers beside it.

A durable bronze statue of an admired woman with fresh flowers at its base across softly suggested passing generations, remembered forever.

Etymology

imLatinnot

+mortalLatinsubject to death

+ityLatinstate or quality

The pieces express the state of not being subject to death. Applied to fame, this becomes survival in memory rather than endless bodily life—a meaning already present in Latin.

In context

History Before Sleep138:28

It is a strange kind of immortality being remembered by name in one of literature's most enduring poems

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More examples

Many people believe in the immortality of the soul.
The legend tells of a fountain that grants immortality.
The philosopher asks whether immortality would be a blessing or a burden.

Forms

immortal adjective — Able to live forever without dying.

Similar words

deathlessness: Emphasizes freedom from death rather than existence after it.
afterlife: Refers to existence after death, not necessarily without end.