Eschatology
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɛsk.əˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Eschatology is a noun meaning (countable) A system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
Meaning
(countable) A system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
More Meanings
- (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.
Example Sentences
Eschatology and proleptics aside, I think this is a really stupid way to read a mystery novel.
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!
Word Forms
- eschatologies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inaugurated, escatology, geo-eschatology, soteriology, necrology, theology.
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