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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

deathbound en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From death + bound (“tied; connected”).

Meanings

  1. Bound by death; tied to or connected with death; mortal
    • Not long ago, as eternity flows, most of humanity felt earthbound, sin-bound, limitation-bound, deathbound, fear-bound, and guilt-bound. 1985, Unity, volume 165:

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deathbound en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From death + -bound (“destined to”).

Meanings

  1. Fated or destined to die.
    • That the human spirit is mortal, deathbound, that death does not befall our existence by accident or as a catastrophe, but that our existence, of its own nature, projects itself, with all its forces, unto its death — […] 1989, Alphonso Lingis, Deathbound Subjectivity:

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Synonyms

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