noun, masculine/ki.ljasm/plural: chiliasmes
chiliasm (belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity)
Synonyms: millénarisme
Related: chiliaste, chiliastique
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χιλιασμός (khiliasmós), from χῑ́λῐοι (khī́lĭoi, “thousand”). Doublet of chiasme.