millennialism

American  

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

noun

1. a belief in the millennium.

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Other Word Forms

• millennialist noun

Etymology

Origin of millennialism

First recorded in 1905–10; millennial + -ism

Example Sentences

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

There is a bit of Andrei Tarkovsky in Mr. Cuarón’s redemptive vision and a measure of self-mocking millennialism too.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2018

All this belongs, of course, to the world of fervid fantasy and café millennialism.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 19, 2015

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

The problems of the church in Corinth alone included rituals, interfaith relations, millennialism, litigation, sexual irregularity, diet, women's dress and relations between slaves and masters, Christians and pagans.

From Time Magazine Archive