Annihilationism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Annihilationism is a noun meaning (theology) The Christian doctrine that sinners are permanently destroyed.
Meaning
(theology) The Christian doctrine that sinners are permanently destroyed.
More Meanings
- (politics) Advocacy of, or a policy of, annihilating a certain (racial, religious, etc) group; eliminationism.
Example Sentences
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include annihilationist, destructionist, antiuniversalist, antitheology, subordinationist, antitheism.
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