eschatology

English

WOTD – 15 April 2012

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔσχατον (éskhaton) (neuter of ἔσχατος (éskhatos, “last”)) +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: es‧cha‧to‧lo‧gy
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɛsk.əˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛs.kəˈtɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

eschatology (countable and uncountable, plural eschatologies)

1. (countable) A system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
   • 1969 May 4, Alfred Appel Jr, “Ada; Or Ardor: A Family Chronicle”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     These final pages are as deeply pleasureful as they are moving. Their comic eschatologies are consistent with the spirit that informs all of “Ada,” the spirit that is underscored by the last syllable in Ada's name when it is pronounced correctly in “the Russian way with two deep, dark ‘a’s” — da!

2. (uncountable) The study of the end times—the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse, or the Last Judgment.

Derived terms

• eschatologic
• eschatological
• eschatologically
• eschatologism
• eschatologist
• geo-eschatology

 

Related terms

• eschaton

Translations

system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death

• Armenian: վախճանաբանություն (hy) (vaxčanabanutʻyun), էսխատոլոգիա (hy) (ēsxatologia)
• Belarusian: эсхатало́гія f (esxatalóhija)
• Catalan: escatologia f
• Danish: eskatologi c
• Dutch: eschatologie (nl) f
• French: eschatologie (fr) f
• German: Eschatologie (de) f
• Greek: εσχατολογία (el) f (eschatología)
• Icelandic: heimsslitafræði f
• Indonesian: eskatologi (id)
• Italian: escatologia (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eskatologi m

  Nynorsk: eskatologi m

• Polish: eschatologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: escatologia (pt) f
• Romanian: escatologie (ro) f
• Russian: эсхатоло́гия (ru) f (esxatológija)
• Spanish: escatología (es) f
• Swedish: eskatologi (sv) c
• Turkish: eskatoloji
• Ukrainian: есхатоло́гія f (esxatolóhija)
• Vietnamese: thuyết mạt thế, thế mạt luận, chung thời học

the study of the end times

• Armenian: վախճանաբանություն (hy) (vaxčanabanutʻyun), էսխատոլոգիա (hy) (ēsxatologia)
• Belarusian: эсхатало́гія f (esxatalóhija)
• Catalan: escatologia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 末世論／末世论 (mòshìlùn), 末世學／末世学 (mòshìxué)

• Czech: eschatologie f
• Danish: eskatologi c
• Dutch: eschatologie (nl) f
• Finnish: eskatologia (fi)
• French: eschatologie (fr) f
• German: Eschatologie (de) f
• Greek: εσχατολογία (el) f (eschatología)
• Hungarian: eszkatológia (hu)
• Icelandic: heimsslitafræði f
• Indonesian: eskatologi (id)
• Irish: eascaiteolaíocht f
• Italian: escatologia (it) f
• Japanese: 終末論 (ja) (しゅうまつろん, shūmatsuron)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eskatologi m

  Nynorsk: eskatologi m

• Portuguese: escatologia (pt) f
• Russian: эсхатоло́гия (ru) f (esxatológija)
• Spanish: escatología (es) f
• Swedish: eskatologi (sv)
• Ukrainian: есхатоло́гія f (esxatolóhija)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 종말론 (ko) (jongmallon)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} eschatologia f
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} escatologie (ro) f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} eskatologi (sv)

See also

• Antichrist
• Apocalypse
• Armageddon
• Judgment Day
• Ragnarok
• Revelation