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annihilationism

annihilationism noun: the Christian doctrine that sinners are permanently destroyed.

Noun

annihilationism (uncountable)

  1. The Christian doctrine that sinners are permanently destroyed.
  2. Advocacy of, or a policy of, annihilating a certain (racial, religious, etc) group; eliminationism.
    • If genocide and, hence, the Holocaust in particular, are to be better understood, then the roots of annihilationism—the origins of ultra-extreme intolerance—need to be explored.2014, Linda S Katz, The Holocaust: Memories, Research, Reference, Routledge, →ISBN, page 94

annihilationism meaning in Kannada

annihilationism in Kannada

ವಿನಾಶಗೊಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ

Origin of annihilationism

From annihilation + -ism.

Questions about annihilationism

What does annihilationism mean?
Annihilationism means the Christian doctrine that sinners are permanently destroyed.
What is annihilationism in Kannada?
Annihilationism in Kannada is ವಿನಾಶಗೊಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ. See Annihilationism meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is annihilationism?
Annihilationism is a noun.

Words near annihilationism in the dictionary

  1. annihilates
  2. annihilateth
  3. annihilating
  4. annihilatingly
  5. annihilation
  6. annihilationism
  7. annihilationist
  8. annihilationists
  9. annihilations
  10. annihilative
  11. annihilator

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