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eradicationism

eradicationism noun: the belief that something (often disease or a cultural trait) must be eliminated.

Noun

eradicationism (uncountable)

  1. The belief that something (often disease or a cultural trait) must be eliminated.
  2. (derogatory) Strict holiness; a radical, Wesleyan holiness teaching that considers that sin is or will be completely eliminated from true believers (originally used only by opponents)
    • The root error of eradicationism of the flesh has room to grow only in the false conception of "flesh," as a mere tendency to evil quite apart from the natural body.1901 October, Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, “Biblical Notes and Queries”, in Record of Christian Work, volume 20, page 832

Antonyms of eradicationism

Origin of eradicationism

From eradication + -ism. Coined around 1900 by people from the circle of Dwight L. Moody.

Questions about eradicationism

What does eradicationism mean?
Eradicationism means the belief that something (often disease or a cultural trait) must be eliminated.
What part of speech is eradicationism?
Eradicationism is a noun.

Words near eradicationism in the dictionary

  1. eradicates
  2. eradicatest
  3. eradicating
  4. eradication
  5. eradicational
  6. eradicationism
  7. eradications
  8. eradicative
  9. eradicatives
  10. eradicator
  11. eradicators

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