eschatology

US /ˌɛskəˈtɑːlədʒi/ UK /ˌɛskəˈtɒlədʒi/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and humankind

Christian eschatology deals with the Second Coming of Christ.
2

noun
a body of beliefs about the end of the world or final events of history

Their eschatology foresaw a final battle between good and evil.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the part of theology... last thingsfinal eventsapocalypse studyultimate destinyend-time study

2 noun · a body of beliefs about the... end-time beliefsdoomsday viewsapocalyptic beliefsfinal judgment beliefseschatological views

Opposites

protologycosmogony

Etymology

From Ancient Greek eschatos ("last, furthest") + -logia ("study of") → ἐσχατολογία; via Late Latin eschatologia and Middle French eschatologie into Modern English, "the study of end times or final events."

Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# eschatology

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɛskəˈtɑːlədʒi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɛskəˈtɒlədʒi/

## Meanings
1. the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and humankind
2. a body of beliefs about the end of the world or final events of history

## Examples
- Christian eschatology deals with the Second Coming of Christ.
- Their eschatology foresaw a final battle between good and evil.

## Synonyms
- last things
- final events
- apocalypse study
- ultimate destiny
- end-time study
- doomsday views
- apocalyptic beliefs
- eschatological views

## Antonyms
- protology
- cosmogony

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek eschatos ("last, furthest") + -logia ("study of") → ἐσχατολογία; via Late Latin eschatologia and Middle French eschatologie into Modern English, "the study of end times or final events."

## AI Etymology
Eschatology comes from Ancient Greek eschatos ("last, furthest") + -logia ("study of") → ἐσχατολογία; via Late Latin eschatologia and Middle French eschatologie into Modern English, "the study of end times or final events.". In current use it is a noun meaning "the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and humankind". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The surface form is compositional: its joined elements remain visible in the modern word. The word's history is thus visible in its construction: the components remain interpretable even after the whole expression has settled into a conventional English meaning.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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