Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to postmillennialism.
- noun One who believes in postmillennialism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A believer in the doctrine of postmillennialism.
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Examples
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If we accept that evolutionary biology is not, in fact, committed to progress, then we cannot accept Ruse's central contention that in both evolution and creation we have rival religious responses to a crisis of faith — rival stories of origins, rival judgements about the meaning of human life, rival sets of moral dictates and, above all, rival eschatologies [i.e., premillenarian vs. postmillenarian].
The Wars Over Evolution Lewontin, Richard C. 2005
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He was a prophet and a postmillenarian whose idealism clashed with reality.
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He was a prophet and a postmillenarian, and if idealism clashed with reality, he was certain idealism would prevail.
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He was a prophet and a postmillenarian, and if idealism clashed with reality, he was certain idealism would prevail.
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He was a prophet and a postmillenarian, and if idealism clashed with reality, he was certain idealism would prevail.
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