millennialism
Americannoun
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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
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
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