eradicationism
Meanings
noun
- The belief that something (often disease or a cultural trait) must be eliminated.
- 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)
Word forms
Etymology
From eradication + -ism. Coined around 1900 by people from the circle of Dwight L. Moody.
Antonyms
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