resurrectionism

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noun

Belief in, or the event of, a person being resurrected from the dead.

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Meanings

nounresurrectionism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableBelief in, or the event of, a person being resurrected from the dead.
  2. historicaluncountableGraverobbing.

    Ironically, resurrectionism was not a crime in the 1800s, and both men would never have fallen foul of the law if graverobbing was their only enterprise; certainly, Burke would never have received the death penalty.

    2011, Martin Conaghan, Burke & Hare

Origin

From resurrection + -ism.

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resurrectionism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resurrectionism

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“resurrectionism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resurrectionism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resurrectionism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resurrectionism.

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