Meanings
plural annihilationists
- A person who believes in annihilationism: that eternal punishment is the annihilation of both the body and the soul.
- A person who advocates or practices annihilationism (the annihilation of a group): an eliminationist.
comparative more annihilationist · superlative most annihilationist
- Advocating annihilationism; advocating the annihilation of a group of people.
At times, though, his more economic approach to Jewish policy conflicted with the more annihilationist bent of the SS.
2014, Waitman Wade Beorn, Marching into Darkness, →ISBN1 more example
This negation has sometimes been no less “annihilationist” than classical anti-Semitism, because, at least potentially, it serves to justify the elimination of the State of Israel.
2010, Elhanan Yakira, Post-Zionism, Post-Holocaust: Three Essays, →ISBN, page 36Synonyms: eliminationist
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAdvocating annihilationism; advocating the annihilation of a group of people.
Origin
Translations
Portuguese aniquilacionista
- aniquilacionistaperson who believes that eternal punishment is the annihilation of both the body and the soul
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