destructionist
(dɪˈstrʌkʃənɪst)
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
1. An advocate or partisan of a policy of destruction, esp. that of an existing political system or constitution. (Chiefly dyslogistic.)
| 1841 Blackw. Mag. L. 407 The intestine warfare between the Destructionist and the Conservative. 1845 T. W. Coit Puritanism 64 Church-breakers: ecclesiastical destructionists of the straitest sect. 1888 R. Dowling Miracle Gold II. xix. 107 A regular out-and-out Fire-eater, Iconoclast, Destructionist. |
2. Theol. One who believes in the final destruction or annihilation of the wicked; an annihilationist.
| 1807 Southey Espriella's Letters II. 28 Universalists, Calvanists, Materialists, Destructionists, Brownists [etc.]. |