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eschaton.

Noun
HorrorTechnical
MEANING

The final event, end of an age, or ultimate culmination envisioned in an eschatological belief system.

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a final cosmic or historical endpoint in religious fiction; prophecy’s ultimate horizon; a belief distinguished from a scientific prediction

Words that belong together

  • the eschaton
  • expectations of the eschaton

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The text placed every warning in relation to the eschaton.
The narrator’s fear of the eschaton differed from the community’s hope for renewal.

Related words

ultimate endfinal culminationeschatology
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eschaton

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Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually singular the eschaton; plural eschatons for different conceptions. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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