messianism
messianism noun: the belief in a messiah.
Noun
messianism (countable and uncountable, plural messianisms)
- The belief in a messiah.
- Left prostrate by the fall of the ancient order, the collapse of Maat itself, and assessed by more sensitive moral discernment, the corrupt and disorganised society which followed the Pyramid Age appeared hopeless to the horrified eyes of some of the social sages who contemplated the wreck of the...1935, James H. Breasted, chapter II, in The Dawn of Conscience, pages 20–21
- Derridean "messianicity without messianism" that marks so much of post-modernist educational theorizing today, and that makes use of esotericism, sigetics, acroamatics, proleptics, and illocutionary and perlocutionary acts in the disguise of a new pedagogy of the unknowable, wasn't the answer ten...2002, Dave Hill, Marxism Against Postmodernism in Educational Theory, page 257
messianism meaning in Urdu
messianism in Urdu
- the belief in a messiah
- مَسِیحِیَت masīḥiyat
Forms of messianism
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Origin of messianism
From messian(ic) + -ism.
Phrases with messianism
Questions about messianism
- What does messianism mean?
- Messianism means the belief in a messiah.
- What is messianism in Urdu?
- Messianism in Urdu is مَسِیحِیَت (masīḥiyat). See Messianism meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is messianism?
- Messianism is a noun.
- What is the plural of messianism?
- The plural of messianism is messianisms.
Words near messianism in the dictionary
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