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annihilationism

noun — 2 senses

annihilationism

noun

Etymology From annihilation + -ism.

1

Lifestyle, Religion, Theology The Christian doctrine that sinners are permanently destroyed.

2

Government, Politics Advocacy of, or a policy of, annihilating a certain (racial, religious, etc) group; eliminationism.

  • If genocide and, hence, the Holocaust in particular, are to be better understood, then the roots of annihilationism—the origins of ultra-extreme intolerance—need to be explored.2014, Linda S Katz, The Holocaust: Memories, Research, Reference, Routledge, →ISBN, page 94:

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