Etymology

eradicationism

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Today it means: The belief that something (often disease or a cultural trait) must be eliminated. Full definition →

First used early 20th c.
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The story

From eradication + -ism. Coined around 1900 by people from the circle of Dwight L. Moody.

First known use, by meaning

  • from early 20th c. Strict holiness; a radical, Wesleyan holiness teaching that considers that sin is or will be completely eliminated from true believers (originally used only by opponents)

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