as in eternity
unending existence after death
central to most religions is a belief in the immortality of the soul
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Enlisting the help of Tuah (Henry Golding) to try and understand the mystery around their immortality, the warriors must face their biggest challenge yet.
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Alicia Lansom, refinery29.com, 2 July 2025
Based on a cult comic by Greg Rucka and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, the film followed a group of mercenaries who had the gift of immortality — they could be stabbed and amputated and maimed and mangled and burnt while fighting and still miraculously come back.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 July 2025
Biggs’s audience has the same emotional bath, a bath that lays claim to immortality, that Christians have on Easter morning.
—Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
And in the simple act of scaring people out of the water, Jaws achieved a kind of immortality that few movies ever do.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
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Alicia Lansom, refinery29.com, 2 July 2025
Based on a cult comic by Greg Rucka and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, the film followed a group of mercenaries who had the gift of immortality — they could be stabbed and amputated and maimed and mangled and burnt while fighting and still miraculously come back.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 July 2025
Biggs’s audience has the same emotional bath, a bath that lays claim to immortality, that Christians have on Easter morning.
—Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
And in the simple act of scaring people out of the water, Jaws achieved a kind of immortality that few movies ever do.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immortality
eternity
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Since his reign as the original Black Sabbath member, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has left behind a plethora of hefty tunes that will rock on for eternity.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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Egyptians saw eternity in your unspooling center— Ramses covered his eyes with your concentric rings.—
Peter Balakian,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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“Immortality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immortality. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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