noun
mortality
mor-TAL-uh-tee/mɔːrˈtæləti/
The condition of being subject to death.
The wilting flower and fallen petals remind us of life's mortality.
Etymology
The suffix turns “subject to death” into the name of a condition. Mortality thus means the necessity of eventually dying, not a particular death.
In context
because God tells the time that you're gonna die nobody but him that's what I believe some people experience a greater sense of powerlessness in the face of their own mortality
More examples
- The poem explores mortality and the desire to live forever.
- She accepts her mortality but still fears growing old.
- Losing a friend reminded us of our own mortality.
Forms
mortality
mortal adjective — Subject to death rather than everlasting.
immortality noun — The state of living forever.
Similar words
- impermanence
- Impermanence concerns anything that does not last, not specifically life.