# annihilationist

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A person who believes in annihilationism: that eternal punishment is the annihilation of both the body and the soul.
2. A person who advocates or practices annihilationism (the annihilation of a group): an eliminationist.

## Etymology
From annihilation + -ist.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/annihilationist