natality

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后缀

-ity: Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description. · Used to form a countable noun from an adjective, referring to someone or something that conforms to the adjective's description.

词源说明

From natal +‎ -ity, perhaps after mortality. Compare French natalité (“birthrate”) and Middle English natalyte (“birth”). Philosophical usage introduced by Hannah Arendt.

释义

名词noun

1(demography) The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.
2(philosophy) The human ability to create new ideas, institutions and frameworks out of nothing.

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natimortality