English Explanatory Dictionary

sickness unto death

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Personal despair over the disquieting circumstances of human existence.
  2. Despair, profound discontent, or a similar persistent debilitating malaise of the mind, spirit, or soul that produces a decline in mental, physical, or societal health and that may culminate in death or dissolution.

Word forms

sickness unto death sicknesses unto death

Etymology

From the book The Sickness Unto Death (1849) by Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855).

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