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Adventism

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller in 19th-century United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of several related movements.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any Christian religion that believes the second coming of Christ is imminent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Second Adventism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Christianity, Christian religion

Narrower terms: Seventh-Day Adventism

History

Etymology

From Advent + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: адвенты́зм (advjentýzm) — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Bulgarian: адвенти́зъм (adventízǎm) — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Catalan: adventisme — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Czech: adventismus — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Dutch: adventisme — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Estonian: adventism — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Finnish: adventismi — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • French: adventisme — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Galician: adventismo — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • German: Adventismus — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Hungarian: adventizmus — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Indonesian: Adventisme — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Italian: avventismo — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Latvian: adventisms — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Macedonian: адвентизам (adventizam) — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Polish: adwentyzm — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Portuguese: adventismo — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Romanian: adventism — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Russian: адвенти́зм (adventízm) — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Serbo-Croatian: адвентѝзам — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Serbo-Croatian: adventìzam — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Slovak: adventizmus — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Slovene: adventízem — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Spanish: adventismo — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
  • Ukrainian: адвенти́зм (adventýzm) — Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller
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