messianic

English

Etymology

From Messiah +‎ -n- +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛsaɪˈænɪk/

Adjective

messianic (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah.

   Hyponym: Jesusian

   • 2019 August 21, Zachary B. Wolf, “Trump is either trolling everyone or thinks he’s like a god”, in CNN‎:

     There’s been a change in President Donald Trump. He used to say he had accomplished more than any other President, a debatable claim. But now he’s using messianic language about himself.

   • 2023 October 22, Tom Phillips, Uki Goñi, “‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Speaking this week, Pope Francis sent a thinly veiled warning about the dangers of “pied piper of Hamelin”-style populists and “messianic clowns”. “There is only one Messiah,” the pope said, without naming Milei.

2. Of, relating to, or resembling messianism.

Related terms

• messiahship, Messiahship
• Messianic Judaism
• messianism, Messianism
• messianity, Messianity
• messian, Messian

Translations

of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah

Arabic: مَسِيحَانِيّ (masīḥāniyy) Asturian: mesiánicu Belarusian: месія́нскі (mjesijánski) Catalan: messiànic (ca) Czech: mesiášský Danish: messiansk Esperanto: mesia, maŝiaĥa Finnish: messiaaninen (fi) French: messianique (fr) Galician: mesiánico German: messianisch Hebrew: מְשִׁיחִי (m'shikhí) Irish: meisiasach Norwegian: Bokmål: messiansk Nynorsk: messiansk Polish: mesjański (pl) Portuguese: messiânico (pt) Russian: мессиа́нский (ru) (messiánskij) Spanish: mesiánico (es) Swedish: messiansk (sv) Ukrainian: месіа́нський (mesiánsʹkyj) Volapük: mäsiatik, Mäsiatik

of, relating to, or resembling messianism

Asturian: mesiánicu Belarusian: месія́нскі (mjesijánski) Esperanto: mesianisma, mesiisma Galician: mesianismo m, mesiánico German: messianisch Irish: meisiasach Polish: mesjański (pl), mesjanistyczny (pl), mesjaniczny (pl) Russian: мессиа́нский (ru) (messiánskij) Ukrainian: месіа́нський (mesiánsʹkyj)