euthanasia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: First attested in 1606, from Ancient Greek εὐθανασία (euthanasía), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + θάνατος (thánatos, “death”)
Inflected forms:
form: euthanasias
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: euthanasy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Euthanasia is the most difficult part of a veterinarian's job.
gloss: The practice of killing a human being who is considered a liability to society, especially a disabled person.
pos: noun
tags: Nazism
especially
euphemistic
uncountable
usually
examples: Nevertheless, as Henry Friedlander pointed out years ago, it was not Jews but mentally and physically disabled people who became targets of the ﬁrst large-scale, systematic killings in Nazi Germany, under the euphemistically labelled “Euthanasia Program.”
gloss: An easy death, or the means to bring about such a death.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
uncountable
usually
examples: It would in time, it is to be hoped, effect a quiet euthanasia of the heresies of bigotry and fanaticism which have so long triumphed over human reason, and so generally and deeply afflicted mankind; but this work is to be begun by winnowing the grain from the chaff of the historians of his life.
Had they understood their place, and what to do in it, this French Revolution, which went forth explosively in years and in months, might have spread itself over generations; and not a torture-death but a quiet euthanasia have been provided for many things.
This purely painless process, this descent by oblivious trance into oblivion, this natural physical death, is the true euthanasia; and it is the duty of those we call physicians to secure for man such good health as shall bear him in activity and happiness onward in his course to this goal. For euthanasia, though it be open to every one born of every race, is not to be had by any save through obedience to those laws which it is the mission of the physician to learn, to teach, and to enforce. Euthanasia is the sequel of health, the happy death engrafted on the perfect life.
For myself I could hold it in my account with God to find such an euthanasia for you, even at this moment if it were best.
Related words: thanato-
electrothanasia
Derived words: active euthanasia
duo euthanasia
euth
euthanase
euthanasee
euthanasiac
euthanasian
euthanasic
euthanasist
euthanatise
euthanatize
euthanise
euthaniser
euthanize
Ruthanasia
zoothanasia
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: vdekje e lehtë
lang: Arabic
word: قَتْلٌ رَحِيم
roman: qatlun raḥīm
lang: Armenian
word: էվթանազիա
roman: ēvtʻanazia
lang: Azerbaijani
word: evtanaziya
lang: Bashkir
word: эвтаназия
roman: evtanaziya
lang: Belarusian
word: эўтана́зія
roman: ewtanázija
lang: Bulgarian
word: евтана́зия
roman: evtanázija
lang: Catalan
word: eutanàsia
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 安樂死 /安乐死
roman: ānlèsǐ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 人道毀滅 /人道毁灭
roman: réndào huǐmiè
lang: Czech
word: eutanazie
lang: Danish
word: eutanasi
lang: Dutch
word: euthanasie
lang: Esperanto
word: eŭtanazio
lang: Estonian
word: eutanaasia
lang: Finnish
word: eutanasia
lang: Finnish
word: armomurha
lang: Finnish
word: lopettaminen
lang: French
word: euthanasie
lang: Galician
word: eutanasia
lang: Georgian
word: ევთანაზია
roman: evtanazia
lang: German
word: Euthanasie
lang: Greek
word: ευθανασία
roman: efthanasía
lang: Hebrew
word: המתת חסד
lang: Hindi
word: इच्छामृत्यु
roman: icchāmŕtyu
lang: Hungarian
word: eutanázia
lang: Icelandic
word: líknardráp
lang: Indonesian
word: eutanasia
lang: Irish
word: eotanáis
lang: Italian
word: eutanasia
lang: Japanese
word: 安楽死
roman: anrakushi
lang: Japanese
word: オイタナジー
roman: oitanajī
lang: Japanese
word: ユータナジー
roman: yūtanajī
lang: Japanese
word: ユーサネイジア
roman: yūsaneijia
lang: Japanese
word: 殺処分
roman: satsu shobun
lang: Kazakh
word: эвтаназия
roman: évtanaziä
lang: Korean
word: 안락사
roman: allaksa
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: otanazî
lang: Kyrgyz
word: эвтаназия
roman: evtanaziya
lang: Latin
word: euthanasia
lang: Norwegian
word: eutanasi
lang: Persian
word: اتانازی
roman: otânâzi
lang: Polish
word: eutanazja
lang: Portuguese
word: eutanásia
lang: Romanian
word: eutanasie
lang: Russian
word: эвтана́зия
roman: evtanázija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: еутаназија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: eutanazija
lang: Slovak
word: eutanázia
lang: Slovene
word: evtanazija
lang: Spanish
word: eutanasia
lang: Swedish
word: eutanasi
lang: Thai
word: การุณยฆาต
roman: gaa-run-yá-kâat
lang: Turkish
word: ötanazi
lang: Ukrainian
word: евтана́зія
roman: evtanázija
lang: Ukrainian
word: ейтана́зія
roman: ejtanázija
lang: Vietnamese
word: an tử
lang: Volapük
word: deadiyuf
lang: Welsh
word: ewthanasia
lang: Welsh
word: marwolaeth esmwyth