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millennialism
[ mi-len-ee-uh-liz-uhm ]
/ mɪˈlɛn i əˌlɪz əm /
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noun
a belief in the millennium.
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Also called mil·le·nar·i·an·ism [mil-uh-nair-ee-uh-niz-uhm]. /ˌmɪl əˈnɛər i əˌnɪz əm/.
Origin of millennialism
First recorded in 1905–10; millennial + -ism
OTHER WORDS FROM millennialism
mil·len·ni·al·ist, nounWords nearby millennialism
millenarianism, millenary, mill end, millennial, Millennial Church, millennialism, millennium, Millennium Bridge, millennium bug, millepede, millepore
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How to use millennialism in a sentence
The Family grows out of a once-progressive strain of Christian theology, post-millennialism.