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/jˌuθənˈeɪʒə/ /jˌuθənˈeɪʒjə/ Listen

noun

Euthanasia n.

An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. "An euthanasia of all thought." "The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia."

The act or process of putting to death for humane purposes; used to refer to the killing of animals in order to relieve or avoid pain.

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Etymology of 'Euthanasia'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Euthanasia" Quotes from Famous Books

... hierarchy an administrative convenience, its ethics an historical accident, and its whole function simply to lend a warm mystical aureole to human culture and ignorance. The Reformation prevented this euthanasia of Christianity. It re-expressed the unenlightened absolutism of the old religion; it insisted that dogma was scientifically true, that salvation was urgent and fearfully doubtful, that the world, and the worldly paganised church, were as Sodom and Gomorrah, and that sin, though ...

— Winds Of Doctrine - Studies in Contemporary Opinion • George Santayana

... now he rose and came close to her and put his hand on her head as he said solemnly. "My child, there is such an one if it were for your good. 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. Nay, were it safe! But my ...

— Dracula • Bram Stoker

... the law of life, which God has given to the earth. To coddle them, to delude them with false hopes of an unnatural equality which not all the power of the Government has been able to maintain, is only to increase their unhappiness. To a doomed race, ignorance is euthanasia, and knowledge is but pain and sorrow. It is His will that the fittest should survive, and that those shall inherit the earth who are best prepared to utilise its forces and gather ...

— The Colonel's Dream • Charles W. Chesnutt

... commenced pushing, then spitting, then slapping, then beating. Then they pulled each other's hair—then—yes, then Araminta perceived the wand lying on the terrace, and she seized it with the intention of chastising Euthanasia; and Euthanasia perceiving her intention, seized hold of the other end of the wand. A struggle took place, which ended in the wand breaking in half. Then they separated, Araminta throwing her half at her dearest friend, her dearest friend returning the compliment; after which, ...

— Olla Podrida • Frederick Marryat