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messianism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The belief in a messiah.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Aramaic ܡ ܫ ܚder. Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)bor. Hebrew מָשַׁח Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)der. Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)bor. Latin Messīāsbor. Middle English Messyasder. English Messiah English -n- Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English messian(ic) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English messianism From messian(ic) + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: mesianismu — the belief in a messiah
  • Belarusian: месіяні́зм (mjesijanízm) — the belief in a messiah
  • Belarusian: месія́нства (mjesijánstva) — the belief in a messiah
  • Danish: messianisme — the belief in a messiah
  • Dutch: messianisme — the belief in a messiah
  • Finnish: messianismi — the belief in a messiah
  • Finnish: messiasusko — the belief in a messiah
  • French: messianisme — the belief in a messiah
  • Galician: mesianismo — the belief in a messiah
  • German: Messianismus — the belief in a messiah
  • Irish: meisiasacht — the belief in a messiah
  • Italian: messianismo — the belief in a messiah
  • Latvian: mesiānisms — the belief in a messiah
  • Polish: mesjanizm — the belief in a messiah
  • Portuguese: messianismo — the belief in a messiah
  • Russian: мессиани́зм (messianízm) — the belief in a messiah
  • Russian: мессиа́нство (messiánstvo) — the belief in a messiah
  • Spanish: mesianismo — the belief in a messiah
  • Swedish: messianism — the belief in a messiah
  • Ukrainian: месіані́зм (mesianízm) — the belief in a messiah
  • Ukrainian: месіа́нство (mesiánstvo) — the belief in a messiah
  • Urdu: مَسِیحِیَت (masīḥiyat) — the belief in a messiah