eschatologism

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noun

The belief that the world is renewed through apocalyptic crises.

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Meanings

nouneschatologism (usually uncountable, plural eschatologisms)

plural eschatologisms

  1. uncountableusuallyThe belief that the world is renewed through apocalyptic crises.

    Bloch's eschatologism is a political programme, to which the book on Müntzer bears testimony.

    2014, Ivan Boldyrev, Ernst Bloch and His Contemporaries: Locating Utopian Messianism
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    Eschatologism as an attitude is fundamentally different to mechanicism because it aspires beyond space and time towards non-worldly realities which drive history and the very scientific exploration of the world.

    2011, Alexei Nesteruk, The Universe as Communion

Origin

From eschatology + -ism.

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APA

eschatologism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eschatologism

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“eschatologism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eschatologism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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