millennialist
Awaits Christ's reign
A millennialist believes in a coming thousand-year period of peace and righteousness, typically associated with Christ's return in Christian theology.
The term extends to anyone expecting an imminent transformation of society—religious or secular: millennialist movements often arise during times of social upheaval.
The outlook tends toward dramatic, all-or-nothing visions of history.
Total civilizational collapse
- ArmageddonProphesied ultimate conflict
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- tribulationState of great distress
- second comingAwaited return of greatness
judgment · revelation · antichrist · messiah · four horsemen · end times · doomsday · resurrection
Breakaway religious faction
- cultFervent fringe group
- communeShared-living community
- utopian communityPlanned settlement seeking perfection
- ShakersCommunal celibate sect
Millerites · Adventism · Jehovah's Witnesses · Branch Davidians · apocalypticism · revivalism · survivalism · prepping
Loyal supporter of something
- followerOne who supports another
- zealotObsessive cause supporter
- true believerCompletely committed adherent
- devoteeZealous admirer or follower
disciple · prophet · preacher · evangelist · visionary · sectarian · fundamentalist · Adventist
Period of peak prosperity
- paradiseIdeal, blissful place
- new earthProphesied restored planet
- kingdom of GodDivine sovereign realm
- perfectionAbsence of any fault
transformation · renewal · restoration · peace · harmony · abundance · righteousness · reign
apocalypse
Total civilizational collapse
- ArmageddonProphesied ultimate conflict
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- tribulationState of great distress
second coming · judgment · revelation · antichrist · messiah · four horsemen · end times · doomsday · resurrection · salvation
sect
Breakaway religious faction
- cultFervent fringe group
- communeShared-living community
- utopian communityPlanned settlement seeking perfection
Shakers · Millerites · Adventism · Jehovah's Witnesses · Branch Davidians · apocalypticism · revivalism · survivalism · prepping · compound
adherent
Loyal supporter of something
- followerOne who supports another
- zealotObsessive cause supporter
- true believerCompletely committed adherent
devotee · disciple · prophet · preacher · evangelist · visionary · sectarian · fundamentalist · Adventist · Jehovah's Witness
golden age
Period of peak prosperity
- paradiseIdeal, blissful place
- new earthProphesied restored planet
- kingdom of GodDivine sovereign realm
perfection · transformation · renewal · restoration · peace · harmony · abundance · righteousness · reign · deliverance
millennialistskeptic
One who doubts claims
secularist · materialist · rationalist · disbeliever · empiricist
millennialistpessimist
One expecting negative outcomes
fatalist · nihilist · presentist · gradualist · incrementalist
millennialistskeptic
One who doubts claims
agnostic · empiricist · pragmatist · doubter