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MILLENARIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does millenarian mean?
• MILLENARIAN (noun)
The noun MILLENARIAN has 1 sense:
1. a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity)
Familiarity information: MILLENARIAN used as a noun is very rare.
• MILLENARIAN (adjective)
The adjective MILLENARIAN has 1 sense:
1. relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness
Familiarity information: MILLENARIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
chiliast; millenarian; millenarist
Hypernyms ("millenarian" is a kind of...):
optimist (a person disposed to take a favorable view of things)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
chiliastic; millenarian
Pertainym:
millennium (a span of 1000 years)
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