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Meaning of annihilationism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. The Christian doctrine that sinners are permanently destroyed.
  2. Advocacy of, or a policy of, annihilating a certain (racial, religious, etc) group; eliminationism.

Equivalents

日本語 断見
Português aniquilacionismo
Türkçe yokoluşçuluk

Examples

“If genocide and, hence, the Holocaust in particular, are to be better understood, then the roots of annihilationism—the origins of ultra-extreme intolerance—need to be explored.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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