messianic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌmɛsaɪˈænɪk/
Etymology
Etymology tree Aramaic ܡ ܫ ܚder. Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)bor. Hebrew מָשַׁח Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)der. Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)bor. Latin Messīāsbor. Middle English Messyasder. English Messiah English -n- Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English messianic From Messiah + -n- + -ic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah.
There’s been a change in President Donald Trump. He used to say he had accomplished more than any other President, a debatable claim. But now he’s using messianic language about himself.
2019 August 21, Zachary B. Wolf, “Trump is either trolling everyone or thinks he’s like a god”, in CNN:Speaking this week, Pope Francis sent a thinly veiled warning about the dangers of “pied piper of Hamelin”-style populists and “messianic clowns”. “There is only one Messiah,” the pope said, without naming Milei.
2023 October 22, Tom Phillips, Uki Goñi, “‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- (not-comparable) Of, relating to, or resembling messianism.
Deriveds
postmessianic · messianically · premessianic · antimessianic · semimessianic · nonmessianic · unmessianic
Relateds
Messian · messian · messianism · messianity · Messiahship · Messianity · Messianism · Messianic Judaism · messiahship
Translations (37)
de messianisch (of, relating to, or resembling messianism) · gl mesiánico (of, relating to, or resembling messianism) · eo mesianisma (of, relating to, or resembling messianism) · uk месіа́нський (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · eo mesia (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · pl mesjanistyczny (of, relating to, or resembling messianism) · fi messiaaninen (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · pl mesjaniczny (of, relating to, or resembling messianism) · pl mesjański (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · vo mäsiatik (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · vo Mäsiatik (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · da messiansk (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · ga meisiasach (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · he מְשִׁיחִי (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · sv messiansk (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · ar مَسِيحَانِيّ (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · nn messiansk (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · gl mesianismo (of, relating to, or resembling messianism) · nb messiansk (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · be месія́нскі (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · gl mesiánico (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · ga meisiasach (of, relating to, or resembling messianism) · eo mesiisma (of, relating to, or resembling messianism) · de messianisch (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · ast mesiánicu (of, relating to, or resembling messianism) · ru мессиа́нский (of, relating to, or resembling messianism) · cs mesiášský (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · fr messianique (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · ca messiànic (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · ru мессиа́нский (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · eo maŝiaĥa (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · pl mesjański (of, relating to, or resembling messianism) · uk месіа́нський (of, relating to, or resembling messianism) · ast mesiánicu (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · be месія́нскі (of, relating to, or resembling messianism) · pt messiânico (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) · es mesiánico (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah)