destructionist
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destructionist
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From destruction + -ist. UK, 1800s. Political sense 1840s.
noun destructionists
- One who delights in destroying that which is valuable, or whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing social, economic or political institutions. The foreign and literal warfare, meantime, is a thousand times more desirable than the intestine warfare between the Destructionist and the Conservative.
- One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; an annihilationist, a conditionalist (i.e., a believer in conditional immortality). The great Dr. Watts may be considered, in some measure, a destructionist; since it was his opinion that the children of ungodly parents who die in infancy are annihilated.
Talk about this word "destructionist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/destructionist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. destructionist. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/destructionist "destructionist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/destructionist.Cite this
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title = {destructionist},
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