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eschatological adjective religion specializeduk /ˌes.kə.təˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/ us /ˌes.kə.t̬əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/ related to the part of theology (= the study of religion) that deals with death or the end of the world: They studied eschatological beliefs, such as beliefs in the afterlife or in reincarnation. She felt there was no point at all in eschatological speculation. Related word
eschatology The Christian hope of eschatological resurrection may appear to some as mere wishful thinking. He began to introduce an eschatological dimension into his teaching. They would engage in philosophical discussion of a theological, eschatological kind. Apocalypse cinema is in fashion — what has made modern movies go eschatological? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Religious beliefs & atheistic beliefs agnosticism Anglicanism animist anti-Catholic anti-Catholicism heresy heretical heretically humanism humanistic humanistically ideologically mysticism orthodoxy religiously scripturally superstitiously theodicy theologically this-worldly |