salvationist
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- adjective
- /sælˈveɪʃənɪst/
:
salvacionista
- The church organized a series of events to promote their salvationist beliefs and help those in need.
Examples
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All this is the result of acquiescence to chimerical, communalist, and salvationist solutions to real problems that beset the Arab world, like everywhere else.
Academic text (1995) -
Intelligent people seek refuge from prosaic complexity in grand abstractions or salvationist politics; but, Bakhtin insisted, this is a false refuge leading to horrible results.
Academic text (1993) -
As I attempt to make clear to them what psychiatrists actually do know and how they know it, I am often aware that I am drawing them back from trendy thought, redirecting them from salvationist aspirations toward the traditional concerns of psychiatry, which is about the differentiation, understanding, and treatment of the mentally ill.
Academic text (1992) -
Their salvationist views focus on the importance of helping others find redemption through faith.
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Many salvationist teachings emphasize community service as a vital aspect of spiritual growth.
Synonyms
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That can save people, especially in a religious way
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That helps save someone in a spiritual way
How Saving
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Salvationist as an adjective comes from salvation, which traces back to Latin salvare meaning 'to save', plus the ending -ist that shows a view or practice; so it describes ideas or actions that are about being 'saved' or rescued by faith.