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Definition of millenarianism in English: millenarianismnoun ˌmɪlɪˈnɛːrɪəˌnɪz(ə)mˌmɪləˈnɛriəˌnɪzəm mass noun1The doctrine of or belief in a future (and typically imminent) thousand-year age of blessedness, beginning with or culminating in the Second Coming of Christ. It is central to the teaching of groups such as Adventists, Mormons, and Jehovah's Witnesses. Example sentencesExamples - In other words, the revival of religious millenarianism was a pre-patterned localised response to the social rifts and cultural crisis induced by French colonialism.
- A diffuse, volatile blend of everything from anarchism to religious millenarianism, it continued to mark working-class movements up to and including Chartism.
- Their commitment to improving the human lot through a fuller knowledge of nature was closely connected with their millenarianism.
- Because of its concern with imminent change, millenarianism appealed to radical reformers and could be secularized into utopianism.
- Thompson expertly unravels a tangled tale suffused with Victorian mores, millenarianism and frontier idealism.
- As the recent research of Warren Johnston has shown, after 1660 providentialism and millenarianism were still vibrant and robust means for understanding the meaning of contemporary events.
- 1.1 Belief in a future utopian period.
Derivatives noun & adjective This book is the cornerstone of the fundamentalists, the evangelicals, and the millenarianists. Example sentencesExamples - So global warming is serving a far greater purpose than just destabilizing the Earth, and we who are called apocalyptic millenarianists have much to look forward to.
- I lived in an almost millenarianist paranoia, thinking that the end of the world was literally waiting around the corner.
- Toward the end of the twentieth century there was plenty to fuel the speculations of the millenarianists.
- For the past year they have been developing high-concept, big-budget, technology-enhanced millenarianist feature film & TV projects for the global market.
Definition of millenarianism in US English: millenarianismnounˌmiləˈnerēəˌnizəmˌmɪləˈnɛriəˌnɪzəm 1The doctrine of or belief in a future (and typically imminent) thousand-year age of blessedness, beginning with or culminating in the Second Coming of Christ. It is central to the teaching of groups such as Plymouth Brethren, Adventists, Mormons, and Jehovah's Witnesses. Example sentencesExamples - As the recent research of Warren Johnston has shown, after 1660 providentialism and millenarianism were still vibrant and robust means for understanding the meaning of contemporary events.
- Their commitment to improving the human lot through a fuller knowledge of nature was closely connected with their millenarianism.
- A diffuse, volatile blend of everything from anarchism to religious millenarianism, it continued to mark working-class movements up to and including Chartism.
- In other words, the revival of religious millenarianism was a pre-patterned localised response to the social rifts and cultural crisis induced by French colonialism.
- Thompson expertly unravels a tangled tale suffused with Victorian mores, millenarianism and frontier idealism.
- Because of its concern with imminent change, millenarianism appealed to radical reformers and could be secularized into utopianism.
- 1.1 Belief in a future golden age of peace, justice, and prosperity.
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