immortality

[im-awr-tal-i-tee]

noun

1. immortal condition or quality; unending life.

2. enduring fame.

Word History and Origins

Origin of immortality¹

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

Example Sentences

His Mandarin translator then added: "With the development of biotechnology, human organs can be continuously transplanted, and people can live younger and younger, and even achieve immortality."

From BBC

Her Wendy is an arrow flying into dangerous places with a child’s delusions of immortality.

From Salon

One of the strategies is through a race to create immortality.

From Salon

With the TV series, we see three ways that these corporations have offered answers to the race for immortality.

From Salon

And there’s probably a perfectly fine 800-word essay one could write about the little journey Anne’s desperate line of seduction made along its way to television immortality.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• fame 
• glory 
• greatness 
• renown