English Explanatory Dictionary

infernalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Belief in the existence of hell, especially as a place of eternal and conscious torment after death.
  2. Hellishness.
  3. An infernal thing or act.

Word forms

infernalism infernalisms

Etymology

From infernal + -ism. First attested in 1795, popularised in the theological sense in the 2000s–10s.

Related words

infernalist
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