MILLENARIAN Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

millenarian

adjective

Definition of millenarian

as in apocalyptic

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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. — 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 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

Against a largely black palette, flashes of alarm red and bubblegum pink heightened the collection’s apocalyptic ethos.

— Livia Caligor, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Mythical beings hover over apocalyptic scenes crowded with tiny, ghostly figures, which seem to emerge from the paint.

— Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of apocalyptic

Adjective

The series follows a group of misbehaving Catholic school girls who experience prophetic visions after a dance-team initiation goes wrong, triggering mass hysteria throughout their town.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
Reverend Jones was one of the towering figures of the Black church in New York—a prophetic voice, a man of scripture and struggle.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026