different between eternity vs deathlessness

English

Alternative forms

• æternity (archaic)
• æternitie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English eternyte, from Old French eternité, eternitez, from Latin aeternit?s.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??t??.n?.ti/
• (US) enPR: ?-tûr?n?-t?, IPA^(key): /??t?n?ti/

Noun

eternity (countable and uncountable, plural eternities)

1. (uncountable) Existence without end, infinite time.
2. (uncountable, philosophy) Existence outside of time.
3. (countable) A period of time which extends infinitely far into the future.
4. (metaphysical) The remainder of time that elapses after death.
5. (informal, hyperbolic) A comparatively long time.

Usage notes

• In the sense "a comparatively long time", eternity is always used with the indefinite article (an eternity).
• In philosophy, the common use of eternity to refer to an infinite time is considered incorrect, eternity referring to existence outside of time; existence within time but of an infinite temporal duration is called everlastingness or sempiternity

Synonyms

• (existence outside of time): atemporality, eternal now, extratemporality; see also Thesaurus:timelessness
• (infinite time): all time, perpetuity; see also Thesaurus:eternity
• (time extending infinitely far into the future): evermore, forever, foreverhood
• (remainder of time that elapses after death): afterlife; see also Thesaurus:life after death
• (comparatively long time): an age, ages, centuries, donkey's years, hours, a lifetime, years, yonks; see also Thesaurus:eon

Antonyms

• (existence outside of time): sempiternity

Derived terms

• eternity past
• eternity future

Related terms

• eternal
• eternize

Translations

Anagrams

• entierty, entirety, tenerity

English

Etymology

deathless +? -ness

Noun

deathlessness (usually uncountable, plural deathlessnesses)

1. The state of being deathless; eternity; immortality.

Synonyms

• undeadliness; see also Thesaurus:immortality or Thesaurus:endlessness