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noun
The belief that something (often disease or a cultural trait) must be eliminated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Strict holiness; a radical, Wesleyan holiness teaching that considers that sin is or will be completely eliminated from true believers (originally used only by opponents)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, uncountable
Topics: Christianity, Protestantism
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: Keswickism, suppressionism
History
From eradication + -ism. Coined around 1900 by people from the circle of Dwight L. Moody.
