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PRONUNCIATION OF ANNIHILATIONISM

annihilationism  [əˌnaɪɪˈleɪʃənɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANNIHILATIONISM

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determiner
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Annihilationism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANNIHILATIONISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Annihilationism

Annihilationism is a Christian belief that apart from salvation the final punishment of human beings results in their total destruction rather than their everlasting torment. It is directly related to the doctrine of conditional immortality, the idea that a human soul is not immortal unless it is given eternal life. Annihilationism asserts that God will eventually destroy or annihilate the wicked, leaving only the righteous to live on in immortality. Some annihilationists believe God's love is Scripturally described as an all-consuming fire and that selfish creatures cannot exist in His presence. Thus those who elect to reject salvation through the concept of free will are eternally destroyed because of the inherent incompatibility of human egocentricity with God's consummate love. Seventh-day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses posit that hell is a false doctrine of pagan origin. It stands in contrast to the traditional and long standing view of eternal torment, and the view that everyone will be saved. The belief is a minority view, although it has appeared throughout Christian history.

Definition of annihilationism in the English dictionary

The definition of annihilationism in the dictionary is the teaching or principle that trespassers and evildoers are completely destroyed rather than made to suffer in hell after death.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANNIHILATIONISM


abolitionism
ˌæbəˈlɪʃənɪzəm
abstentionism
æbˈstɛnʃənɪzəm
adoptianism
əˈdɒpʃənɪzəm
connectionism
kəˈnɛkʃənɪzəm
constructionism
kənˈstrʌkʃənɪzəm
contortionism
kənˈtɔːʃənɪzəm
conversationism
ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənɪzəm
dissolutionism
ˌdɪsəˈluːʃənɪzəm
evolutionism
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənɪzəm
interventionism
ˌɪntəˈvɛnʃənɪzəm
obstructionism
əbˈstrʌkʃənɪzəm
Pan-Asianism
ˈpænˈeɪʃənɪzəm
progressionism
prəʊˈɡreʃənɪzəm
prohibitionism
ˌprəʊɪˈbɪʃənɪzəm
protectionism
prəˈtekʃənɪzəm
reactionism
rɪˈækʃənɪzəm
Rosicrucianism
ˌrəʊzɪˈkruːʃənɪzəm
secessionism
sɪˈsɛʃənɪzəm
suggestionism
səˈdʒɛstʃənɪzəm
tolerationism
ˌtɒləˈreɪʃənɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANNIHILATIONISM

annexe
annexion
annexment
annexure
anni mirabiles
annicut
Annigoni
annihilable
annihilate
annihilation
annihilative
annihilator
anniversaries
anniversary
anniversary day
anniversary dinner
anno Domini
anno regni
anno urbis conditae
annona

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANNIHILATIONISM

abstract expressionism
anachronism
antagonism
creationism
exhibitionism
expansionism
expressionism
hedonism
impressionism
interactionism
isolationism
mechanism
monism
Mormonism
Parkinsonism
perfectionism
Platonism
reductionism
trade unionism
unionism
Zionism

Synonyms and antonyms of annihilationism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «annihilationism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANNIHILATIONISM

Find out the translation of annihilationism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of annihilationism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «annihilationism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

annihilationism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aniquilacionismo
570 millions of speakers

English

annihilationism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

annihilationism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

annihilationism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аннигиляционизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

annihilationism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

annihilationism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

annihilationisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penindasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

annihilationism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

annihilationism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

annihilationism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Annihilationism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

annihilationism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

annihilationism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विध्वंस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

annihilationism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

annichilazionismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

annihilationism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

аннігіляціонізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

annihilationism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μηδενισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

annihilationism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

annihilationism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

annihilationism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of annihilationism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANNIHILATIONISM»

The term «annihilationism» is used very little and occupies the 161.472 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANNIHILATIONISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about annihilationism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANNIHILATIONISM»

Discover the use of annihilationism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to annihilationism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment
Chapter. 9. ANNIHILATIONISM: WILL. THE. UNSAVED. BE. PUNISHED. FOREVER? Christopher W. Morgan Well, emotionally I find the concept [i.e., the historic view of an endless hell] intolerable and do not understand how people can live ...
Christopher W. Morgan, Robert A. Peterson, 2009
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The Problem of Hell: A Philosophical Anthology
Whether this annihilation is something that God inflicts on the unjust or whether it is something they do to themselves (whether intentionally or unintentionally) is a point of dispute among annihilationism's adherents. A likewise disputed point ...
Joel Buenting, 2010
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Global Dictionary of Theology: A Resource for the Worldwide ...
(2) Immediate annihilationism: immortality in the next life is only given to the righteous; God's judgment upon the wicked is death and so they are not resurrected. (3) Ultimate annihilationism: after an appropriate time of punishment for their sin, ...
William A. Dyrness, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, 2009
4
The Destruction of Hell: Annihilationism Examined
Sets out to demonstrate that annihilationism is untrue.
Jeff Spencer, 1998
5
Image of God
As the doctrine of hell has become increasingly unpopular to talk about, this doctrine of annihilationism has grown in ... Influential theologians such as Clark Pinnock and John R.W. Stott have proposed annihilationism as a more desirable  ...
Jeff Crawford, 2008
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AfterLife: What You Really Want to Know About Heaven
IS ANNIHILATIONISM TAUGHT IN THE BIBLE? Death, the most terrijying of evils, is nothing to us, because as long as we exist death is not present, whereas when death is present we do not exist. It is nothing to those who live (since to them it ...
Hank Hanegraaff, 2013
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Encyclopedia of Reincarnation and Karma
Annihilationism, Biblical view. Annihilationism is any general belief that holds that there is either no aspect of selfhood that continues on after the death of the body, or any more specific belief that if there is such a continuation it is only ...
Norman C. McClelland, 2010
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The Blackwell Companion to The Problem of Evil
According to annihilationism, those that do not enter into heaven are ultimately annihilated. Annihilation may follow a period spent in hell or it may be immediate. We will refer to the view on which individuals spend some period in hell and are ...
Justin P. McBrayer, Daniel Howard-Snyder, 2014
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A Theodicy of Hell
In fact the freedom view of hell has a considerable philosophical advantage over annihilationism. Admittedly, annihilationism can be defended against some of the objections raised against the doctrine of hell. The argument from ...
C. Seymour, 2000
10
All You Want to Know About Hell: Three Christian Views of ...
ANNIHILATIONISM. BY. ANNIHILATIONISM. Whenever we tamper with the doctrine of hell, we risk incurring unintended consequences. One such consequence is that we may reduce the sinner's—or even the Christian's— motivation to do ...
Steve Gregg, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANNIHILATIONISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term annihilationism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pope, Heresy, Marxist, Yawn
Where are the neo-ultramontanists telling us how Annihilationism has a long and noble Christian tradition? Where are the people on Facebook ... «National Catholic Register, Mar 15»
2
Hell. Atheism's worst Excuse.
This is the annihilationism view: Hell exists. Gnashing of teeth exists. The unrighteous will indeed be raised from the dead together with the ... «News24, Mar 15»
3
Giving up hell for a year
This view, often called annihilationism or conditional immortality holds that at the return of Christ, those who fail to recognize him as Lord and ... «Mennonite World Review, Feb 15»
4
Giving up Hell for a Year: How it could revolutionize our relationships
This view, often called annihilationism or conditional immortality holds (in various forms) that at the return of Christ, those who fail to recognized ... «Patheos, Jan 15»
5
Attractive Afterlife?
... “mainstream” Christians no doubt resisted annihilationism for fear of appearing “cultic,” it's gaining ground despite such illegitimate concerns. «Patheos, Jan 15»
6
The Death of the Jews of France
Muslim parents, clerics, and mosques that continue to preach this annihilationism are abhorrent and evil. How long before these junior savages ... «Breitbart News, Jan 15»
7
The Ultimate “Heated” Debate
(Hence the term “annihilationism.”) Even the New York Times took note of the conference and the rethinking hell website took note of the Time' ... «Article 3, Oct 14»
8
Tormented in the Afterlife, but Not Forever
This view, called “conditional immortality” or sometimes the more macabre “annihilationism,” is in direct opposition to the traditional Christian ... «New York Times, Oct 14»
9
Ten Awesome and Terrifying Sounding Catholic Words That May …
Annihilationism - It's the sub-title of the next Expendables movie. No. It's the wrongheaded belief that posits that those who are not saved will ... «National Catholic Register, Aug 14»
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A Christian. An Atheist. Two Friends. On God and Government …
Actually, this is a hotly debated issue right now on exactly what “Hell” is – whether it is the traditional Hell, universalism, or annihilationism. «Patheos, Jun 14»

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