Antonyms for advent
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1. Adventnoun

   The first or the expected second coming of Christ.

   Synonyms:
   oncome, approach, onset, arrival

2. Adventnoun

   The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas.

   Synonyms:
   Christmas season, Christmastide, holiday season, yuletide

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1. advent

   Antonyms:
   departure, exit, exodus, retirement, relinquishment, quittance

   Synonyms:
   approach, arrival, accession, coming

Matched Categories

1. • Christian Theology
   • Arrival
   • Manifestation
   • Season

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. advent, comingnoun

   arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

   "the advent of the computer"

   Synonyms:
   approach, approaching, coming, orgasm, climax, sexual climax

2. Adventnoun

   the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas

   Synonyms:
   coming

3. Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ, Second Advent, Advent, Parousianoun

   (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment

   Synonyms:
   coming

How to use advent in a sentence?

1. Kristian Niemietz:

   A lot of socialists … believe that capitalism and racism are intrinsically linked... This is complete nonsense, racism has existed long, long before the advent of modern capitalism, and it existed in socialist societies as well. If anything, capitalism tends to reduce racial prejudice over time, because … we trade peacefully with a variety of people from a variety of backgrounds.

2. Elon Musk:

   The whole point of Tesla is to accelerate the advent of electric vehicles and sustainable transport, we're trying to help the environment, we think it's the most serious problem that humanity faces.

3. Edsger W. Dijkstra:

   The argument against recursive procedures was always an efficiency argument: non-re-entrant code could be executed so much more efficiently. But with the advent of multiprogramming another need for felxible storage allocation has emerged. And if there are still machines in which the use of recursive routines is punished by too heavy a penalty, then I would venture the opinion that the structure of such a machine should now be called somewhat old-fashioned.

4. Craig Lawrence:

   The word ‘Advent’ can describe a notable person, so I think it is just a creative expression on the magazine's behalf, i think the magazine is just trying to be different, and with that philosophy, coupled with the right to exercise freedom of speech, I don't think there needs to be any change.

5. Antonio Alonso:

   Keeping up Christmas decorations, trees and lights through January may cut against the grain of the wider cultural celebrations of Christmas that happen all through December when Christianity actually celebrates the season of Advent, but it can be a beautiful reminder that Christmas is more than a day. It is a season filled with rich imagery and hope for the year to come.

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