Apocalypticism

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /É™pÉ’kəˈlɪptɪsɪz(É™)m/

Origin

From apocalyptic + -ism.

Full definition of apocalypticism

Noun

1. A belief or doctrine based on apocalypse, especially which believes in an imminent end to the current world order.
• 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 897:China's huge scale magnified the effects of apocalypticism in the Taipeng Rebellion.