OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 20015

obituary

/əˈbɪt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
obituario
A brief biography of a person (especially one who is well-known) who has recently died, usually describing their life and achievements, particularly in the form of an article in a news publication or an item in a news broadcast.
Obituary editors are confronted daily with the need to make delicate hermeneutic interpretations of the social meaning of individuals' deaths and to express these powerfully to the…
You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: "Did he have passion?"
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