apocalypticism
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- noun
- /əˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪsɪm/
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apocalipticismo
- Many groups throughout history have embraced apocalypticism, believing that a major catastrophe is imminent.
- popular apocalypticism
You know, we, we keep having, if the US is dotted by anything, it's, it's dotted by sort of apocalypticism and, and, and fears.
- You know, we, we keep having, if the US is dotted by anything, it's, it's dotted by sort of apocalypticism and, and, and fears.
Examples
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Centers of power are in wealthy suburbs and in successful megachurches, as opposed to the tiny, remote churches where the apocalypticism of his own youth flourished.
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To be sure, revisionism does give more attention to Jesus than apocalypticism does.
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Who is the God of popular apocalypticism?
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So what is the doctrine of God in popular apocalypticism?
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In the 1980s, ultra-conservative politics increasingly dominated popular apocalypticism.
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You know, we, we keep having, if the US is dotted by anything, it's, it's dotted by sort of apocalypticism and, and, and fears.
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Popular apocalypticism bestows the name of God on absolutist power, posited as the counterpart to a godless world.
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This presumption has revived popular apocalypticism in a new and ominous form, sometimes called "nuclear dispensationalism" or simply "Armageddon theology."
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The revisionist imperative is preferable to that of popular apocalypticism; our cynical generation needs a renewal of peace-and-justice activism.
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I choose two such movements, which for convenience may be labeled "popular apocalypticism" and "survivalist revisionism." The former is quickly identified through its mass media notoriety, especially in televangelist Pat Robertson.
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Morphology
apocalypticism = apocalyptic (transparent) = apocalypse + ic + ism
Standard noun formation from the adjective 'apocalyptic' with '-ism' marking a belief, movement, or doctrinal tendency.
Etymology
The word apocalypticism comes from the Greek word apokalypsis meaning 'uncovering' or 'revelation', and it shares the same root as apocalypse. So apocalypticism is the belief that the end of the world or a great disaster is near.