eschatology

noun
/ˌɛsk.əˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/UK/ˌɛs.kəˈtɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/US

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔσχατος (éskhatos, “last”) + -logy.

Definitions

  1. A system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.

  2. The study of the end times—the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic…

    The study of the end times—the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse, or the Last Judgment.

    • Eschatology and proleptics aside, I think this is a really stupid way to read a mystery novel.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at eschatology. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at eschatology. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at eschatology

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA