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annihilationist

noun

Etymology

From annihilation + -ist.

  1. derived from annihilātiō
  2. borrowed from annihilation
  3. suffixed as annihilationist — “annihilation + ist”

Definitions

  1. A person who believes in annihilationism

    A person who believes in annihilationism: that eternal punishment is the annihilation of both the body and the soul.

  2. A person who advocates or practices annihilationism (the annihilation of a group)

    A person who advocates or practices annihilationism (the annihilation of a group): an eliminationist.

  3. Advocating annihilationism

    Advocating annihilationism; advocating the annihilation of a group of people.

    • This negation has sometimes been no less “annihilationist” than classical anti-Semitism, because, at least potentially, it serves to justify the elimination of the State of Israel.
    • At times, though, his more economic approach to Jewish policy conflicted with the more annihilationist bent of the SS.

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