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immortalist en · ADJ

Etymology

From immortal + -ist.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to a belief in or quest for immortality.
   • Advocates of nonbiostatic immortalist philosophies include the precryonics immortalist Federov and more recent thinkers such as Alan Harrington, Hans Moravec, and Frank Tipler. 2000, R. Michael Perry, Forever for All, page 48:

immortalist en · NOUN

Etymology

From immortal + -ist.

Meanings

1. One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul.
   • September 28 1657, Jeremy Taylor, A sermon preached at the funeral of Sir George Dalston the inhabitants by Ister who were called ἀθανατίζοντες, "Immortalists;" because, in the midst of all their dark notices of things, they saw […] "that virtuous and good men do not die[…]"
2. One who seeks to extend human life indefinitely.
   • Advocates of nonbiostatic immortalist philosophies include the precryonics immortalist Federov and more recent thinkers such as Alan Harrington, Hans Moravec, and Frank Tipler. 2000, R. Michael Perry, Forever for All, page 48:

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