eschaton
/ˈɛs.kə.tɑn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The apocalypse; the approach of Christ’s reign immediately preceding the end of the world; a conception of or circumstance pertaining to this era.
noun
An end or fulfilment of history in general.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: Revelation, Armageddon"
- "Only in the eschaton will God’s purpose gain its final fulfilment, a fulfilment, be it noted, which may still include some form of movement within a time-series."
- "And this is also true of the revelation of the eschata: they do not reach us in a discourse about the future still to come, but in an action, in which God has already really begun them in us."
- "Without these sayings, the textual basis for saying Jesus expected an imminent eschaton becomes very slender."
- "immanentize the eschaton"
- "He, too, constructs a philosophical history towards an eschaton. In a peculiarly inverted manner he is among the believers in progress—the goal being the undoing of the things done."
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔσχατον (éskhaton, “last thing”), from the neuter singular of ἔσχατος (éskhatos, “last”).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɛs.kə.tɑn/
- British English: /-tɒn/