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noun
One who delights in destroying that which is valuable, or whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing social, economic or political institutions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
Topics: government, politics
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noun
One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; an annihilationist, a conditionalist (i.e., a believer in conditional immortality).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
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History
From destruction + -ist. UK, 1800s. Political sense 1840s.
