annihilationism
noun
the teaching or belief that the souls of the wicked or unrepentant will cease to exist after death or after the Last Judgment, rather than undergo eternal torment in hell.
annihilationist
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a word derived from
annihilationism.
Example Sentences
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Preston Sprinkle recalls, with embarrassment, his younger days in seminary, when he first heard that the evangelical leader John Stott was an annihilationist.
From National Geographic ● May 13, 2016
