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

• eschatologic
• eschatological
• eschatologically
• eschatologism
• eschatologist

Translations

system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death

• Armenian: վախճանաբանություն (hy) (vaxčanabanutʻyun), էսխատոլոգիա (hy) (ēsxatologia)
• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

the study of the end times

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

  Mandarin: 末世論／末世论 (mòshìlùn), 末世论 (mòshìlùn), 末世學／末世学, 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)
• Icelandic: heimsslitafræði f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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 (es) f
• Swedish: eskatologi (sv)

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

• (deprecated template usage) Korean: 종말론 (jongmallon)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} eschatologia f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} escatologie (ro) f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} eskatologi (sv)

See also

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