messianism
noun
mes·si·a·nism
ˈme-sē-ə-ˌni-zəm 
mə-ˈsī-ə-,
me-
1
: belief in a messiah as the savior of humankind
2
: religious devotion to an ideal or cause
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In his famous book The Russian Idea (1946), the philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev argued that Bolshevism owes as much to Russian messianism as to Marx.
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Gary Saul Morson, The New York Review of Books, 1 Feb. 2024
The question is: For how much longer will ordinary Russians be receptive to Putinism, Russian messianism, and the state’s increasingly flimsy justifications for using military power?
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
These are angry and ambitious men, who have succeeded at exploiting the grievances of the poor and the messianism of the religious into one of the most powerful political blocs in Israeli history.
—Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 5 Nov. 2022
The singularity is digital messianism, as found in various strains of Judeo-Christian eschatology—a pretty basic onscreen Revelation.
—Stephen Marche, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2022
But there was also an element of historical messianism in Putin’s thinking, a pseudo-philosophical strain that ran far deeper than concerns over Western armaments.
—The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2022
My criticisms of López Obrador’s political messianism have been public since 2006.
—Enrique Krauze, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
Take the all-quadrant pandering and formulas of old-school network TV, add in the messianism of a telethon, and swirl in some Reddit-friendly raunch and crassness, and set it all to hyperspeed.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2020
Republican and conservative politics of late has had its own version of messianism, expressed as rage at the party’s Washington establishment of Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan, or as refusal to be associated with the Trump presidency.
—Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2017
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Gary Saul Morson, The New York Review of Books, 1 Feb. 2024
The question is: For how much longer will ordinary Russians be receptive to Putinism, Russian messianism, and the state’s increasingly flimsy justifications for using military power?
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
These are angry and ambitious men, who have succeeded at exploiting the grievances of the poor and the messianism of the religious into one of the most powerful political blocs in Israeli history.
—Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 5 Nov. 2022
The singularity is digital messianism, as found in various strains of Judeo-Christian eschatology—a pretty basic onscreen Revelation.
—Stephen Marche, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2022
But there was also an element of historical messianism in Putin’s thinking, a pseudo-philosophical strain that ran far deeper than concerns over Western armaments.
—The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2022
My criticisms of López Obrador’s political messianism have been public since 2006.
—Enrique Krauze, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
Take the all-quadrant pandering and formulas of old-school network TV, add in the messianism of a telethon, and swirl in some Reddit-friendly raunch and crassness, and set it all to hyperspeed.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2020
Republican and conservative politics of late has had its own version of messianism, expressed as rage at the party’s Washington establishment of Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan, or as refusal to be associated with the Trump presidency.
—Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2017
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