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Adventism

Adventism

9.5
A branch of Christianity that believes Christ will return soon
  • noun
  • /ˈæd.vən.tɪ.zəm/
translation icon : adventismo
  • In the late 1930s, as World War II began to loom dangerously on the horizon, Adventism's separation from society began to narrow dramatically as its leaders reached out to create relationships with the American military and, through the latter, with political authorities.
  • Seventh-Day Adventism
  • Adventism and society
  • American Adventism

Examples

  • Adventist institutions have played a key role in accommodating Adventism to society.

    Academic text (1998)
  • One corollary of this changing legal environment and of the easing of tension between Adventism and the surrounding society would be its growing comfort with participation in the courts.

    Academic text (1998)
  • One of these cases, 105 took Adventism to the U.S. Supreme Court for the first time.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The research reported here is a product of a large study of international Seventh-day Adventism.

    Academic text (1998)
  • After the war, there was considerable debate within American Adventism over the extent to which it should accept the government aid that had become available to private institutions such as schools and hospitals.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Adventist involvement in the courts has passed through phases that mark the movement of Adventism along the route from sect to denomination.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The changing issues and outcomes over time and the increasing ease of Adventists with the courts provide another measure of the progress of Adventism along the trajectory from sect toward denomination.

    Academic text (1998)
  • On numerous occasions, church leaders equated noncombatancy with "conscientious cooperation," and indeed, signs of cooperation between Adventism and American authorities multiplied.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The period since the Vietnam War has been marked in the courts by the multiplication of the number of cases brought by Adventists, which have thus celebrated and consolidated Adventism's new, much more comfortable relationship with society.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Many people find comfort in the beliefs and practices associated with Adventism.

Synonyms

Second Adventism
vsAdventism
9.4

A Christian group that believes Christ will return soon

adds mention of specific denominations that teach this belief

Compounds

A Christian group that believes Christ will return soon

A Christian group that keeps Saturday as the Sabbath and expects Christ to return soon

Surface Forms

Adventism singular
Adventisms plural

Morphology

Adventism = advent (transparent) = advent + ism

Formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ism' to 'advent', yielding the belief/system related to the Advent; learners who know 'advent' and '-ism' should infer the meaning.

Etymology

The word Adventism comes from advent, meaning 'coming', from the Latin parts ad- 'to' and venire 'to come', and you can think of the church season Advent before Christmas to remember it. So, Adventism is the belief that Christ will 'come' again, often with the idea that this return may happen soon.