Dictionary

eschatology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɛs.kəˈtɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (General-American)
• (UK) audio
• /ˌɛsk.əˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἔσχατος (éskhatos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English eschatology From Ancient Greek ἔσχατος (éskhatos, “last”) + English -logy.

Meanings

1. (countable) A system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
   • These final pages are as deeply pleasureful as they are moving. Their comic eschatologies are consistent with the spirit that informs all of “Ada,” the spirit that is underscored by the last syllable in Ada's name when it is pronounced correctly in “the Russian way with two deep, dark ‘a’s” — da! 1969 May 4, Alfred Appel Jr, “Ada; Or Ardor: A Family Chronicle”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
2. (uncountable) The study of the end times—the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse, or the Last Judgment.
   • Eschatology and proleptics aside, I think this is a really stupid way to read a mystery novel. 2001, Mark Allan Powell, Chasing the Eastern Star, page 18:

Forms

Deriveds

eschatologically · eschatological · eschatologism · geo-eschatology · eschatologist · eschatologic

Relateds

Apocalypse · Armageddon · Judgment Day · eschaton · Revelation · Antichrist · Ragnarok

Translations (53)

is heimsslitafræði (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · cmn 末世學 /末世学 (study of the end times) · da eskatologi (study of the end times) · ru эсхатоло́гия (study of the end times) · el εσχατολογία (study of the end times) · vi thuyết mạt thế (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · be эсхатало́гія (study of the end times) · ro escatologie (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · ca escatologia (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · ga eascaiteolaíocht (study of the end times) · hy վախճանաբանություն (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · fi eskatologia (study of the end times) · is heimsslitafræði (study of the end times) · nb eskatologi (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · vi thế mạt luận (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · uk есхатоло́гія (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · es escatología (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · de Eschatologie (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · nl eschatologie (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · hy էսխատոլոգիա (study of the end times) · hy էսխատոլոգիա (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · id eskatologi (study of the end times) · cs eschatologie (study of the end times) · fr eschatologie (study of the end times) · nn eskatologi (study of the end times) · fr eschatologie (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · tr eskatoloji (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · it escatologia (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · it escatologia (study of the end times) · nn eskatologi (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · el εσχατολογία (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · hu eszkatológia (study of the end times) · uk есхатоло́гія (study of the end times) · pt escatologia (study of the end times) · ru эсхатоло́гия (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · es escatología (study of the end times) · nb eskatologi (study of the end times) · vi chung thời học (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · hy վախճանաբանություն (study of the end times) · nl eschatologie (study of the end times) · da eskatologi (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · id eskatologi (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · ca escatologia (study of the end times) · pt escatologia (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · ja 終末論 (study of the end times) · cmn 末世論 /末世论 (study of the end times) · de Eschatologie (study of the end times) · sv eskatologi (study of the end times) · be эсхатало́гія (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · fi eskatologia (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · ko 종말론 (study of the end times) · pl eschatologia (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) · sv eskatologi (system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death)