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annihilationism en · NOUN

Etymology

From annihilation + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The Christian doctrine that sinners are permanently destroyed.
  2. (uncountable) 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:

Translations (1)

pt aniquilacionismo (Christian doctrine that sinners are permanently destroyed)