sickness unto death

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Personal despair over the disquieting circumstances of human existence. countable,uncountable
    — Kafka's illnesses are more existential than physical; they are like Kierkegaard's "sickness unto death."
  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. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — Still, many observers of the orchestra, including some players themselves, continue to detect a malaise in the institution. Many critics, especially those deeply involved as composers and performers of new music, diagnose the trouble as a sickness unto death.

词形变化

sicknesses unto death plural

词源

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