necrology

American  

[nuh-krol-uh-jee, ne-] / nəˈkrɒl ə dʒi, nɛ- /

noun

plural

necrologies

1. a list of persons who have died within a certain time.

2. a notice of death; obituary.

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necrology British  

/ ˌnɛkrəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, nɛˈkrɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. a list of people recently dead

2. a less common word for obituary

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Other Word Forms

• necrologic adjective
• necrological adjective
• necrologically adverb
• necrologist noun

Etymology

Origin of necrology

First recorded in 1720–30; necro- + -logy

Example Sentences

The film is, in a sense, a necrology—a catalog of death—that takes a bleak and unsentimental stance on human suffering.

From The Wall Street Journal

How woefully The Post covers necrology news, the dead beat.

From Washington Post

One of the most popular improvements was a necrology, a list of the names of the dead, which began appearing in the third edition.

From Literature

Whitman’s name doesn’t come up in Vanessa Gould’s “Obit,” a documentary about The Times’s necrology team at work.

From New York Times

This week The New York Times Magazine publishes The Lives They Lived, its annual necrology — or “death yearbook,” as Jenna puts it.

From New York Times

Related Words

• eulogy
• obit