different between natality vs fatality

English

Etymology

From French natalité. Philosophical usage introduced by Hannah Arendt.

Noun

natality (countable and uncountable, plural natalities)

1. (demography) The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.
2. (philosophy) The human ability to create new ideas, institutions and frameworks out of nothing.

Synonyms

• (ratio of births to population): birthrate

Coordinate terms

• fertility rate
• replacement rate

Translations

English

Etymology

From French fatalité. equivalent to fatal +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /fe??tæl?ti/, [fe???t?æl??i]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??tæl?t?/, /f??tæl?t?/
• Rhymes: -æl?ti

Noun

fatality (plural fatalities)

1. The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. [from 17th c.]
2. Tendency to death, destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate. [from 17th c.]
3. That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event. [from 18th c.]
   • 1851, Wilkie Collins, The Twin Sisters

     What can I say, or think of this most terrible of fatalities?

4. Death.
5. An accident that causes death. [from 19th c.]
6. A person killed.
7. (video games) A move where one character kills another.

Synonyms

• (state proceeding from destiny): inevitability
• (tendency to death, destruction or danger): mortality

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