eradicationism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The belief that something (often disease or a cultural trait) must be eliminated.
  2. 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

eradicationism

Etymology

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

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