apocalypticism
See also: Apocalypticism
English edit
Etymology edit
From apocalyptic + -ism.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
apocalypticism (countable and uncountable, plural apocalypticisms)
- (religion) A belief or doctrine based on apocalypse, especially which believes in an imminent end to the current world order.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 897:
- China's huge scale magnified the effects of apocalypticism in the Taipeng Rebellion.
Translations edit
a belief or doctrine based on apocalypse
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