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Even "Resurrection" has been hijacked.
I've been in the habit of using "Mass True Resurrection," to make the D&D reference instead of the Christian one.
"Resurrection" has been taken for 2000 years, but for a few decades there we had a chance with "pro-life." :(
Quick! Grab the third best word and trademark it!
Seriously though, I think "transhumanism" is too long and jargon-y, not to mention understanding it requires some knowledge of both humanism and Latin roots. The ideology deserves a word that is as pure and simple as the emotions behind it.
I've been using "lifeist" in my head for a while.
Another good word that's already taken: survivalist.
I've heard "deathist" used to describe the opposing side more often than "lifeist" for the supporting side. "Lifeist" just sounds a bit awkward and silly, and "deathist", while funny, seems too much like typical Dark Arts tarring.
Immortalism?
Sounds evil.
I've been using "anti-death."
Lifeism.
I once called my brother a deathist, and he said, "Nuh uh, I'm just an anti-liveite!"
Like racism, sexism, ageism,...? In a crowded world will "lifeist!" become a snarled curse at anyone not dutifully shuffling off stage after their threescore and ten?
No. At people who don't want equal rights for zombies.
"Anti-death" isn't too bad, but "anti-deathism" is horribly clunky.