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immortality

American  
[im-awr-tal-i-tee] / ˌɪm ɔrˈtæl ɪ ti /

noun

  1. immortal condition or quality; unending life.

  2. enduring fame.


Etymology

Origin of immortality

1300–50; Middle English immortalite < Latin immortālitās. See immortal, -ity

Example Sentences

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After his arrest he protested his innocence, but during his two-week trial it emerged that he was obsessed with vampires and wanted to become one in a quest for immortality.

From BBC

He may well try to answer that in his State of the Union address — if only because of his desperate desire for immortality.

From Salon

He is one of the few people of his age equipped to recognize the scale of Mozart’s achievement, but the fragility of his ego and his obsession with music immortality stand in his way.

From Los Angeles Times

And when it comes to immortality, she's "not sure" she would want to share that with her countess character.

From Barron's

But his snowy path to immortality didn’t simply run through the fjords of Scandinavia.

From The Wall Street Journal