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BNC: 41051 COCA: 35190
BNC: 41051 COCA: 35190

millenarian

1 of 2

adjective

mil·​le·​nar·​i·​an ˌmi-lə-ˈner-ē-ən How to pronounce millenarian (audio)
1
a
: of or relating to belief in a millennium
2
: of or relating to 1000 years

millenarian

2 of 2

noun

: one that believes in a millennium

Example Sentences

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Adjective
The hair-shirt approach advocated by progressive opinion in the advanced world reflects the quasi-millenarian thinking so characteristic of many climate warriors and the command-and-control instincts of the modern governing class. The Editors, National Review, 13 Aug. 2021 Apocalyptic or millenarian thinking is a fixture in the homeless community. James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 June 2020 To confront the premodern, millenarian strain running through Nazism and, not coincidentally, other 20th-century totalitarian ideologies would risk getting into territory that many historians prefer to avoid. Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 20 Feb. 2020 In their millenarian ardor and inflexible support for Israel, the neocons find themselves in a position precisely cognate to evangelical Christians—both groups of true believers trying to enact their vision through an apostate. Jacob Heilbrunn, The New Republic, 23 Jan. 2020 This truism of an age when jihadist terror fuels nativist bigotry and preemptive wars swell the ranks of millenarian caliphates is also the structuring irony of Anyuru’s narrative. Julian Lucas, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019 The Bolsheviks were a millenarian sect if ever there was one, as Mr. Slezkine, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, demonstrates. Andrew Stuttaford, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2017 The second was sheer magnitude: history had known many other millenarian sects, but not on this scale. Marci Shore, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2017 Millenarian fanatics with their eyes on armageddon and the afterlife will happily wait us out a little longer if need be. Jonah Shepp, Daily Intelligencer, 24 June 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun

1661, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of millenarian was in 1626
BNC: 41051 COCA: 35190

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