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Etymology
Etymology tree English annihilation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English annihilationist From annihilation + -ist.
Meanings
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Advocating annihilationism; advocating the annihilation of a group of people.
At times, though, his more economic approach to Jewish policy conflicted with the more annihilationist bent of the SS.
2014, Waitman Wade Beorn, Marching into Darkness, →ISBN:This negation has sometimes been no less “annihilationist” than classical anti-Semitism, because, at least potentially, it serves to justify the elimination of the State of Israel.
2010, Elhanan Yakira, Post-Zionism, Post-Holocaust: Three Essays, →ISBN, page 36:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| most annihilationist | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more annihilationist | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |