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chiliastic (en)

(adj) another term for millenarian (the religious doctrine of a thousand-year period of peace and prosperity)

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson


Moreover, abject ‘adjustment’ to suffering and want at times may indicate a sense of reality as impaired as that of the chiliast.

—p.50 Christian and Apollyon (26) by E.P. Thompson
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2 years ago