different between belief vs millenarianism

English

Etymology

From Middle English bileve, from Old English l?afa, from Proto-Germanic *laubô. Compare German Glaube (“faith, belief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??li?f/, /b??li?f/
• Rhymes: -i?f
• Hyphenation: be?lief

Noun

belief (countable and uncountable, plural beliefs)

1. Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
2. Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.

3. (countable) Something believed.
4. (uncountable) The quality or state of believing.

5. (uncountable) Religious faith.

6. (in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.

Derived terms

• beliefful
• beyond belief
• disbelief
• forebelief
• self-belief
• unbelief
• wanbelief

Related terms

• believe

Translations

Anagrams

• befile, belfie

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

belief

1. imperative of believen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b??li?f]
• Hyphenation: be?lief

Verb

belief

1. first-person singular preterite of belaufen
2. third-person singular preterite of belaufen

English

Etymology

From millenarian +? -ism. Compare millenarism, millennianism.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m?l??n?????n?z?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /m?l??n??i?n?z?m/

Noun

millenarianism (countable and uncountable, plural millenarianisms)

1. A belief in a coming religious millennium, especially (Christianity) the belief in a coming thousand-year reign of peace heralded by the Second Coming of Christ; utopianism, belief in a coming era of peace and prosperity. [from 19th c.]
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 139:

     It is hard to say for certain just why this brief but notable shift from passive to active millenarianism should have occurred during the Interregnum.

Synonyms

• chiliasm