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Recent Examples of millenarian
Her disappearance was later attributed to a millenarian cult.
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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
There is a millenarian energy in the air, a wild hope for change that veers easily into the fear of civil war.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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
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
There is a millenarian energy in the air, a wild hope for change that veers easily into the fear of civil war.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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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This time out, however, the apocalyptic story line has an echo in the real world.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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Jasper then went on to re-team with Searchlight for post-apocalyptic musical drama O’dessa, starring Sadie Sink, which was released on Hulu in 2025.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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Orwell is often lauded as prophetic because his 1940s dystopian novels ring true with readers today.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Thankfully a native of the South Side of Chicago, who now resides in Vatican City, has shown us what a prophetic stance can look like.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Millenarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millenarian. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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