amillennialism

noun

amil·​len·​ni·​al·​ism

¦ā-

plural -s

: the denial that an earthly millennium of universal righteousness and peace will either precede or follow the second advent of Jesus Christ compare postmillennialism, premillennialism

Word History

Etymology

a- entry 2 + millenialism

First Known Use

circa 1936, in the meaning defined above

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