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millennialism

American  
[mi-len-ee-uh-liz-uhm] / mɪˈlɛn i əˌlɪz əm /

noun

  1. a belief in the millennium.


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Etymology

Origin of millennialism

First recorded in 1905–10; millennial + -ism


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There's also a connection between Bitcoin and millennialism, or the belief in a coming collective salvation for a select group of people.

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2022

He was also a registered Republican who grew up in a small Mormon community in rural Virginia where millennialism, or end-times theology, was a core concept.

From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2018

“Indigenous prophesies point to an imminent polar reversal that will wipe our hard drives clean,” Daniel Pinchbeck wrote in his exploration of ayahuasca, technology, and Mayan millennialism, “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl.”

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 5, 2016

Many adopted millennialism, the fervent belief that the Kingdom of God would be established on earth and that God would reign on earth for a thousand years, characterized by harmony and Christian morality.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014

At their worst, the cults acquire a psychosis of millennialism.

From Time Magazine Archive

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