resurrectionism means belief in, or the event of, a person being resurrected from the dead. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “resurrectionism” is a great word
RESURRECTIONISM — [Noun] The practice of illicitly exhuming corpses for anatomical dissection, or the theological belief in bodily resurrection from the dead. From the English 'resurrection' (from Latin *resurrectionem*, "a rising again from the dead") + the suffix '-ism' (denoting a practice or system). Unlike "resurrectionist" (the shadowy agent of the act) or lawful "exhumation" (a sanctioned disinterment), resurrectionism is the grisly commerce or the fervent doctrine itself. It is the chill of a spade striking coffin-wood in a moonlit churchyard, the stark gleam of the dissecting table, and the fevered hope straining at the lid of the tomb—a single word cleaving the earth between profane violation and sacred promise.
Etymology
From resurrection + -ism.
noun
- Belief in, or the event of, a person being resurrected from the dead.
- Graverobbing.“Ironically, resurrectionism was not a crime in the 1800s, and both men would never have fallen foul of the law if graverobbing was their only enterprise; certainly, Burke would never have received the death penalty.”