millenarismn.
/ˈmɪlᵻn(ə)rɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmɪlənəˌrɪz(ə)m/ = millenarianism n.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [noun] > belief in coming of millennium
millenarism1650
millennism1676
millennianism1692
millenarianism1829
millenniumism1832
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > Second Coming > [noun] > apocalypse > doctrine of or belief in
chiliasm1610
millenarism1650
chilianism1662
millenarianism1829
eschatology1844
apocalypticism1884
apocalyptism1889
millenniarism1890
apocalyptic1898
millennialism1906
1650 Bp. J. Hall Revelation Unrevealed xii. 109 The first Paradox of Millenarisme.
1847 Sci. Amer. 16 Jan. 130/3 Millenarism... Rev. Charles Beecher..is publishing a series of articles, designed to show that the second coming of Christ is to usher in the Millenium [sic] and is near at hand.
1894 F. C. Conybeare Apol. Apollonius 358/1 Millenarism of Gospel.
1957 P. Worsley Trumpet shall Sound 232 Where millenarism survives in countries with popular secular political organizations, it is generally escapist and quietist.
1962 N. Cohn in S. L. Thrupp Millennial Dreams in Action ii. 35 Marxists have sometimes tried to interpret the millenarism of the Spirituals..as a protest by poor peasants.
1971 Catholic Dict. Theol. III. 280 This decision amounted to an assessment that a mitigated Millenarism..was an error in faith, even if it could not yet be called a heresy.
1997 World Lit. Today 22 Mar. 267 The first millennium [of literature] was very rich..; the second, with its millenarism, with Justinian and his closing of the Academy, was, on the contrary, very poor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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