annihilationism

annihilationism

English

Etymology

annihilation +‎ -ism

Noun

annihilationism (uncountable)

1. (theology) The Christian doctrine that sinners are permanently destroyed rather than being confined to Hell.
2. (politics) Advocacy of, or a policy of, annihilating a certain (racial, religious, etc) group; eliminationism.
   • 2014, Linda S Katz, The Holocaust: Memories, Research, Reference (Routledge, →ISBN), page 94:

     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.

Translations

Christian doctrine that sinners are permanently destroyed

Portuguese: aniquilacionismo m

eliminationism — see eliminationism