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Is there a term for immortality that only applies to old age? For example, the elves from LOTR are "immortal", but only to the effects of dying from age. They can still be killed from wounds. So they are technically not immortal.



Is there a more fitting term for this kind of longevity?






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  • Are you asking if there's a word specific to LOTR or if there's a word in the English language that describes this?

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  • Although this looks like it may be a better fit on English Language/English Learners (which one has single word requests?), immortality is very much a SF thing and we have such "terms" questions. As per the "unclear" part, it appears LOTR is only given as an example, although a Tolkien-word for it might be a nice addition to an answer. TLDR: voted to leave open.

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  • To quote Wikipedia, Immortal beings and species abound in fiction, especially fantasy fiction, and the meaning of "immortal" tends to vary.

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  • Just dropping it as a comment because I don't feel like answering (so if anyone wants to snatch it, be my guest): everlasting?

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  • @Jenayah - As expected, this question seems to be gathering low-quality ELU-type "single word" answer

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Is there a term for immortality that only applies to old age? For example, the elves from LOTR are "immortal", but only to the effects of dying from age. They can still be killed from wounds. So they are technically not immortal.



Is there a more fitting term for this kind of longevity?






the-lord-of-the-rings terminology immortality







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  • Are you asking if there's a word specific to LOTR or if there's a word in the English language that describes this?

    – Valorum
    5 hours ago













  • Although this looks like it may be a better fit on English Language/English Learners (which one has single word requests?), immortality is very much a SF thing and we have such "terms" questions. As per the "unclear" part, it appears LOTR is only given as an example, although a Tolkien-word for it might be a nice addition to an answer. TLDR: voted to leave open.

    – Jenayah
    4 hours ago











  • To quote Wikipedia, Immortal beings and species abound in fiction, especially fantasy fiction, and the meaning of "immortal" tends to vary.

    – gowenfawr
    4 hours ago











  • Just dropping it as a comment because I don't feel like answering (so if anyone wants to snatch it, be my guest): everlasting?

    – Jenayah
    3 hours ago











  • @Jenayah - As expected, this question seems to be gathering low-quality ELU-type "single word" answer

    – Valorum
    3 hours ago














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Is there a term for immortality that only applies to old age? For example, the elves from LOTR are "immortal", but only to the effects of dying from age. They can still be killed from wounds. So they are technically not immortal.



Is there a more fitting term for this kind of longevity?






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Is there a term for immortality that only applies to old age? For example, the elves from LOTR are "immortal", but only to the effects of dying from age. They can still be killed from wounds. So they are technically not immortal.



Is there a more fitting term for this kind of longevity?






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  • Are you asking if there's a word specific to LOTR or if there's a word in the English language that describes this?

    – Valorum
    5 hours ago













  • Although this looks like it may be a better fit on English Language/English Learners (which one has single word requests?), immortality is very much a SF thing and we have such "terms" questions. As per the "unclear" part, it appears LOTR is only given as an example, although a Tolkien-word for it might be a nice addition to an answer. TLDR: voted to leave open.

    – Jenayah
    4 hours ago











  • To quote Wikipedia, Immortal beings and species abound in fiction, especially fantasy fiction, and the meaning of "immortal" tends to vary.

    – gowenfawr
    4 hours ago











  • Just dropping it as a comment because I don't feel like answering (so if anyone wants to snatch it, be my guest): everlasting?

    – Jenayah
    3 hours ago











  • @Jenayah - As expected, this question seems to be gathering low-quality ELU-type "single word" answer

    – Valorum
    3 hours ago



















  • Are you asking if there's a word specific to LOTR or if there's a word in the English language that describes this?

    – Valorum
    5 hours ago













  • Although this looks like it may be a better fit on English Language/English Learners (which one has single word requests?), immortality is very much a SF thing and we have such "terms" questions. As per the "unclear" part, it appears LOTR is only given as an example, although a Tolkien-word for it might be a nice addition to an answer. TLDR: voted to leave open.

    – Jenayah
    4 hours ago











  • To quote Wikipedia, Immortal beings and species abound in fiction, especially fantasy fiction, and the meaning of "immortal" tends to vary.

    – gowenfawr
    4 hours ago











  • Just dropping it as a comment because I don't feel like answering (so if anyone wants to snatch it, be my guest): everlasting?

    – Jenayah
    3 hours ago











  • @Jenayah - As expected, this question seems to be gathering low-quality ELU-type "single word" answer

    – Valorum
    3 hours ago

















Are you asking if there's a word specific to LOTR or if there's a word in the English language that describes this?

– Valorum
5 hours ago







Are you asking if there's a word specific to LOTR or if there's a word in the English language that describes this?

– Valorum
5 hours ago















Although this looks like it may be a better fit on English Language/English Learners (which one has single word requests?), immortality is very much a SF thing and we have such "terms" questions. As per the "unclear" part, it appears LOTR is only given as an example, although a Tolkien-word for it might be a nice addition to an answer. TLDR: voted to leave open.

– Jenayah
4 hours ago





Although this looks like it may be a better fit on English Language/English Learners (which one has single word requests?), immortality is very much a SF thing and we have such "terms" questions. As per the "unclear" part, it appears LOTR is only given as an example, although a Tolkien-word for it might be a nice addition to an answer. TLDR: voted to leave open.

– Jenayah
4 hours ago













To quote Wikipedia, Immortal beings and species abound in fiction, especially fantasy fiction, and the meaning of "immortal" tends to vary.

– gowenfawr
4 hours ago





To quote Wikipedia, Immortal beings and species abound in fiction, especially fantasy fiction, and the meaning of "immortal" tends to vary.

– gowenfawr
4 hours ago













Just dropping it as a comment because I don't feel like answering (so if anyone wants to snatch it, be my guest): everlasting?

– Jenayah
3 hours ago





Just dropping it as a comment because I don't feel like answering (so if anyone wants to snatch it, be my guest): everlasting?

– Jenayah
3 hours ago













@Jenayah - As expected, this question seems to be gathering low-quality ELU-type "single word" answer

– Valorum
3 hours ago





@Jenayah - As expected, this question seems to be gathering low-quality ELU-type "single word" answer

– Valorum
3 hours ago










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"ageless" would work as it means: something (or someone) that does not look or appear to grow older



Elrond's face is described as ageless (lotr, many meetings)






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Negligible senescence largely fits the bill.




Negligible senescence is a term coined by biogerontologist Caleb Finch to denote organisms that do not exhibit evidence of senescence (biological aging), such as measurable reductions in their reproductive capability, measurable functional decline, or rising death rates with age.




Biological immortality is the more extreme version.




Biological immortality (sometimes referred to bio-indefinite mortality) is a state in which the rate of mortality from senescence is stable or decreasing, thus decoupling it from chronological age. Various unicellular and multicellular species, including some vertebrates, achieve this state either throughout their existence or after living long enough. A biologically immortal living being can still die from means other than senescence, such as through injury or disease.







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    Turning to roleplaying games, GURPS uses "Unkillable" for "immune to death by violence" and "Unaging" for "never growing older once mature".






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      Comes from Latin aeternus, aevum ‘age’.






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        Undying is a term that refers specifically to a state of never being in a process of dying (such as Tolkien's Undying Lands), and applies mainly to life, rather than ideas, art, or appearance. It does not necessarily mean being immune to being killed or destroyed, but rather to not being subject to life's usual condition of growing progressively closer to death.



        It also does not necessarily mean being immune to some form of change due to aging (for the better or for the worse); it does, however, mean being immune to death from aging.






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          "ageless" would work as it means: something (or someone) that does not look or appear to grow older



          Elrond's face is described as ageless (lotr, many meetings)






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          "ageless" would work as it means: something (or someone) that does not look or appear to grow older



          Elrond's face is described as ageless (lotr, many meetings)






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          "ageless" would work as it means: something (or someone) that does not look or appear to grow older



          Elrond's face is described as ageless (lotr, many meetings)






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          "ageless" would work as it means: something (or someone) that does not look or appear to grow older



          Elrond's face is described as ageless (lotr, many meetings)







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          Negligible senescence largely fits the bill.




          Negligible senescence is a term coined by biogerontologist Caleb Finch to denote organisms that do not exhibit evidence of senescence (biological aging), such as measurable reductions in their reproductive capability, measurable functional decline, or rising death rates with age.




          Biological immortality is the more extreme version.




          Biological immortality (sometimes referred to bio-indefinite mortality) is a state in which the rate of mortality from senescence is stable or decreasing, thus decoupling it from chronological age. Various unicellular and multicellular species, including some vertebrates, achieve this state either throughout their existence or after living long enough. A biologically immortal living being can still die from means other than senescence, such as through injury or disease.







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            Negligible senescence largely fits the bill.




            Negligible senescence is a term coined by biogerontologist Caleb Finch to denote organisms that do not exhibit evidence of senescence (biological aging), such as measurable reductions in their reproductive capability, measurable functional decline, or rising death rates with age.




            Biological immortality is the more extreme version.




            Biological immortality (sometimes referred to bio-indefinite mortality) is a state in which the rate of mortality from senescence is stable or decreasing, thus decoupling it from chronological age. Various unicellular and multicellular species, including some vertebrates, achieve this state either throughout their existence or after living long enough. A biologically immortal living being can still die from means other than senescence, such as through injury or disease.







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              Negligible senescence largely fits the bill.




              Negligible senescence is a term coined by biogerontologist Caleb Finch to denote organisms that do not exhibit evidence of senescence (biological aging), such as measurable reductions in their reproductive capability, measurable functional decline, or rising death rates with age.




              Biological immortality is the more extreme version.




              Biological immortality (sometimes referred to bio-indefinite mortality) is a state in which the rate of mortality from senescence is stable or decreasing, thus decoupling it from chronological age. Various unicellular and multicellular species, including some vertebrates, achieve this state either throughout their existence or after living long enough. A biologically immortal living being can still die from means other than senescence, such as through injury or disease.







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              Negligible senescence largely fits the bill.




              Negligible senescence is a term coined by biogerontologist Caleb Finch to denote organisms that do not exhibit evidence of senescence (biological aging), such as measurable reductions in their reproductive capability, measurable functional decline, or rising death rates with age.




              Biological immortality is the more extreme version.




              Biological immortality (sometimes referred to bio-indefinite mortality) is a state in which the rate of mortality from senescence is stable or decreasing, thus decoupling it from chronological age. Various unicellular and multicellular species, including some vertebrates, achieve this state either throughout their existence or after living long enough. A biologically immortal living being can still die from means other than senescence, such as through injury or disease.








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                  Turning to roleplaying games, GURPS uses "Unkillable" for "immune to death by violence" and "Unaging" for "never growing older once mature".






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                    Turning to roleplaying games, GURPS uses "Unkillable" for "immune to death by violence" and "Unaging" for "never growing older once mature".






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                      Turning to roleplaying games, GURPS uses "Unkillable" for "immune to death by violence" and "Unaging" for "never growing older once mature".






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                      Turning to roleplaying games, GURPS uses "Unkillable" for "immune to death by violence" and "Unaging" for "never growing older once mature".







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                          Comes from Latin aeternus, aevum ‘age’.






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                                  Undying is a term that refers specifically to a state of never being in a process of dying (such as Tolkien's Undying Lands), and applies mainly to life, rather than ideas, art, or appearance. It does not necessarily mean being immune to being killed or destroyed, but rather to not being subject to life's usual condition of growing progressively closer to death.



                                  It also does not necessarily mean being immune to some form of change due to aging (for the better or for the worse); it does, however, mean being immune to death from aging.






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                                    Undying is a term that refers specifically to a state of never being in a process of dying (such as Tolkien's Undying Lands), and applies mainly to life, rather than ideas, art, or appearance. It does not necessarily mean being immune to being killed or destroyed, but rather to not being subject to life's usual condition of growing progressively closer to death.



                                    It also does not necessarily mean being immune to some form of change due to aging (for the better or for the worse); it does, however, mean being immune to death from aging.






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                                      Undying is a term that refers specifically to a state of never being in a process of dying (such as Tolkien's Undying Lands), and applies mainly to life, rather than ideas, art, or appearance. It does not necessarily mean being immune to being killed or destroyed, but rather to not being subject to life's usual condition of growing progressively closer to death.



                                      It also does not necessarily mean being immune to some form of change due to aging (for the better or for the worse); it does, however, mean being immune to death from aging.






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                                      Undying is a term that refers specifically to a state of never being in a process of dying (such as Tolkien's Undying Lands), and applies mainly to life, rather than ideas, art, or appearance. It does not necessarily mean being immune to being killed or destroyed, but rather to not being subject to life's usual condition of growing progressively closer to death.



                                      It also does not necessarily mean being immune to some form of change due to aging (for the better or for the worse); it does, however, mean being immune to death from aging.







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