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apocalypticism (noun)
1. Belief in apocalyptic prophecies; especially, regarding the imminent destruction of the world and the foundation of a new world order as a result of the triumph of good over evil.
2. The expectation of cataclysmic revelation, as in millenarianism (belief in the millennium of Christian prophecy [Revelation 20 in the New Testament of the Bible], the 1,000 years when Christ is predicted to reign on earth, or any religious movement that foresees a coming age of peace and prosperity).
3. The practice of, or addiction to, interpreting or applying prophetic revelation.
This entry is located in the following units: apo-, ap-, aph- (page 1) calypto-, calypt- + (page 1) -ism, -ismus (page 6)