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eschatologism

eschatologism noun: the belief that the world is renewed through apocalyptic crises.

Noun

eschatologism (usually uncountable, plural eschatologisms)

  1. (usually) The belief that the world is renewed through apocalyptic crises.
    • Eschatologism as an attitude is fundamentally different to mechanicism because it aspires beyond space and time towards non-worldly realities which drive history and the very scientific exploration of the world.2011, Alexei Nesteruk, The Universe as Communion
    • Bloch's eschatologism is a political programme, to which the book on Müntzer bears testimony.2014, Ivan Boldyrev, Ernst Bloch and His Contemporaries: Locating Utopian Messianism

Forms of eschatologism

pluraleschatologisms

Origin of eschatologism

From eschatology + -ism.

Questions about eschatologism

What does eschatologism mean?
Eschatologism means the belief that the world is renewed through apocalyptic crises.
What part of speech is eschatologism?
Eschatologism is a noun.
What is the plural of eschatologism?
The plural of eschatologism is eschatologisms.

Words near eschatologism in the dictionary

  1. eschatocols
  2. eschatologic
  3. eschatological
  4. eschatologically
  5. eschatologies
  6. eschatologism
  7. eschatologisms
  8. eschatologist
  9. eschatologistic
  10. eschatologists
  11. eschatology

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