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Recent Examples of millenarian
One of her essential maneuvers is to treat politics—and in particular the millenarian views that once animated and then fractured her family—as an exhausted subject, an aspect of character rather than a topic in itself.
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Julius Taranto, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
Her disappearance was later attributed to a millenarian cult.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
His ideas precipitated a tectonic crisis of political legitimacy and unleashed a series of continent-wide wars, sometimes featuring millenarian protocommunist sects like the Anabaptists, who sought to overthrow the social order.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Jerusalem has reason to greatly fear a millenarian regime with an eschatological worldview that has already demonstrated a willingness and ability to overwhelm Israeli air defenses and deliver warheads over its cities.
—The Editors, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
These fantastic millenarian goals motivate Netanyahu’s most extreme allies, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, in their fervent desire to see Trump elected.
—Caise D. Hassan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024
The latter — driven by an apocalyptic, millenarian creed — had embarked on a frenzy of killing, torture, grisly execution and abductions of civilians from communities of supposed apostates and enemies.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
Many rebellions against China’s official rulers came from millenarian groups and religious cults that sprang up among the oppressed.
—Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
The reality is that the global network has become a transmission mechanism for all kinds of manias and panics, just as the combination of printing and literacy temporarily increased the prevalence of millenarian sects and witch crazes.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Julius Taranto, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
Her disappearance was later attributed to a millenarian cult.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
His ideas precipitated a tectonic crisis of political legitimacy and unleashed a series of continent-wide wars, sometimes featuring millenarian protocommunist sects like the Anabaptists, who sought to overthrow the social order.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Jerusalem has reason to greatly fear a millenarian regime with an eschatological worldview that has already demonstrated a willingness and ability to overwhelm Israeli air defenses and deliver warheads over its cities.
—The Editors, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
These fantastic millenarian goals motivate Netanyahu’s most extreme allies, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, in their fervent desire to see Trump elected.
—Caise D. Hassan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024
The latter — driven by an apocalyptic, millenarian creed — had embarked on a frenzy of killing, torture, grisly execution and abductions of civilians from communities of supposed apostates and enemies.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
Many rebellions against China’s official rulers came from millenarian groups and religious cults that sprang up among the oppressed.
—Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
The reality is that the global network has become a transmission mechanism for all kinds of manias and panics, just as the combination of printing and literacy temporarily increased the prevalence of millenarian sects and witch crazes.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for millenarian
Adjective
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One is focused on Juliette in the present day, and the other explores pre-apocalyptic life before the silos.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
2 June 2026
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The homicide rate in the city is at a 66-year low, a problem for his apocalyptic message.—
Marc Novicoff,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Instead, let’s focus on Washington’s prophetic concerns about political parties.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
3 June 2026
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Heaven Hill’s timing was somewhat prophetic.—
David Thomas Tao,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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“Millenarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millenarian. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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