infernalism
nounEtymology
From infernal + -ism. First attested in 1795, popularised in the theological sense in the 2000s–10s.
- derived from infernalis
- borrowed from infernal
Definitions
Belief in the existence of hell, especially as a place of eternal and conscious torment…
Belief in the existence of hell, especially as a place of eternal and conscious torment after death.
- Embedded within his argument is the view that infernalism is a less severe form of retributive punishment than annihilationism; […]
Hellishness.
- It is because worship has been slavishly bestowed on the personification of the worst of the human qualities magnified to infernalism, that it has been considered a degrading, or at least a pusilanimous thing […]
- Paternalism has no terrors for me; indeed, I much prefer paternalism any time, in any form, and anywhere to infernalism in the way of bad roads.
An infernal thing or act.
- Is not the State an infernal institution? Why expect from it, then, anything but infernalisms?
- To me the long catalogue of matrimonial infernalisms has no significance other than that of congratulation at my escape from such loving woes.
The neighborhood
- neighborinfernalist
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for infernalism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA