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destructionist|dɪˈstrʌkʃənɪst|
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
1. An advocate or partisan of a policy of destruction, esp. that of an existing political system or constitution. (Chiefly dyslogistic.)
1841Blackw. Mag. L. 407 The intestine warfare between the Destructionist and the Conservative. 1845T. W. Coit Puritanism 64 Church-breakers: ecclesiastical destructionists of the straitest sect. 1888R. Dowling Miracle Gold II. xix. 107 A regular out-and-out Fire-eater, Iconoclast, Destructionist.
2. Theol. One who believes in the final destruction or annihilation of the wicked; an annihilationist.
1807Southey Espriella's Letters II. 28 Universalists, Calvanists, Materialists, Destructionists, Brownists [etc.]. |