annihilationist

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noun

A person who believes in annihilationism: that eternal punishment is the annihilation of both the body and the soul.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounannihilationist (plural annihilationists)

plural annihilationists

  1. A person who believes in annihilationism: that eternal punishment is the annihilation of both the body and the soul.
  2. A person who advocates or practices annihilationism (the annihilation of a group): an eliminationist.
adjectiveannihilationist (comparative more annihilationist, superlative most annihilationist)

comparative more annihilationist · superlative most annihilationist

  1. 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, →ISBN
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    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 36

    Synonyms: 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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APA

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Chicago

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