chiliasm
Collocations
3ADJ.
apocalyptic, greatest, other
CHILIASM + NOUN
albeit
PREP.
in, whereas
Definitions
noun
Belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity, sometimes equated with the return of Jesus for that period.
It was, however, in the Puritan movement in England, and in similar movements on the continent — especially the Bohemian Brethren — that chiliasm asserted its greatest vitality as an historical force.
One of them, bureaucratic conservatism, represented the routinized sphere of administration, whereas the other, chiliasm, gave rise to the utopian consciousness and modern politics.
noun
Alternative form of chiliasm.
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Synonyms
noun — belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned
- millenarianism
- millenarism
- millenniumism
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3It was, however, in the Puritan movement in England, and in similar movements on the continent — especially the Bohemian Brethren — that chiliasm asserted its greatest vitality as an historical force.
WiktionaryOne of them, bureaucratic conservatism, represented the routinized sphere of administration, whereas the other, chiliasm, gave rise to the utopian consciousness and modern politics.
WiktionaryIt is a known fact that Bolshevism has unmistakable characteristics of apocalyptic chiliasm, albeit misinterpreted in a physical, earthly way.
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