# destructionist

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. One who delights in destroying that which is valuable, or whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing social, economic or political institutions.
2. One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; an annihilationist, a conditionalist (i.e., a believer in conditional immortality).

## Etymology
From destruction + -ist. UK, 1800s. Political sense 1840s.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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