annihilationism en · NOUN
Etymology
From annihilation + -ism.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The Christian doctrine that sinners are permanently destroyed.
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(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)