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
• IPA^(key): /ɛskəˈtɒlədʒi/

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Noun

eschatology (countable and uncountable, plural eschatologies)

1. (countable) System of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
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

• eschatological
• eschatologically
• eschatologist

Translations

system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death

• Armenian: վախճանաբանություն (hy) (vaxčanabanutʿyun), էսխատոլոգիա (hy) (ēsxatologia)
• Catalan: escatologia f
• 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 f
• Swedish: eskatologi (sv) c

the study of the end times

• Armenian: վախճանաբանություն (hy) (vaxčanabanutʿyun), էսխատոլոգիա (hy) (ēsxatologia)
• Catalan: escatologia f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: eschatologie f
• Dutch: eschatologie (nl) f
• Finnish: eskatologia
• French: eschatologie (fr) f
• German: Eschatologie (de) f
• Greek: εσχατολογία (el) f (eschatología)
• Icelandic: heimsslitafræði f

• Indonesian: eskatologi (id)
• Irish: eascaiteolaíocht f
• Italian: escatologia (it) f
• Japanese: 終末論 (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 f
• Swedish: eskatologi (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean: 종말론 (jongmallon)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} eschatologia f

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} escatologie f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} eskatologi

See also

• Judgment Day
• Revelations
• Antichrist
• Ragnarok
• Apocalypse
• Armageddon