Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eradicationism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: erad-i-ca-tion-ism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The belief that something (often disease or a cultural trait) must be eliminated.

Uncountable

noun

Strict holiness; a radical, Wesleyan holiness teaching that considers that sin is or will be completely eliminated from true believers (originally used only by opponents)

Derogatory; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The root error of eradicationism of the flesh has room to grow only in the false conception of "flesh," as a mere tendency to evil quite apart from the natural body."

Etymology

From eradication + -ism. Coined around 1900 by people from the circle of Dwight L. Moody.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: eradication

Usage

Antonyms

Keswickism suppressionism

Questions

What does eradicationism mean?: The belief that something (often disease or a cultural trait) must be eliminated.
Where does eradicationism come from?: From eradication + -ism. Coined around 1900 by people from the circle of Dwight L. Moody.

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