doomist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

doom +‎ -ist

Noun[edit]

doomist (plural doomists)

  1. A person with a gloomy, pessimistic attitude about the future.
    Synonyms: doomsayer, doomster

Adjective[edit]

doomist (comparative more doomist, superlative most doomist)

  1. Gloomy, pessimistic about the future.
    • 2020 September 21, Alexandra Villarreal, “Meet the doomers: why some young US voters have given up hope on climate”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      The doomist argument largely relies on an unsubstantiated premise around “unstoppable tipping point-like responses” and a “runaway greenhouse effect”, says Michael E Mann, a distinguished professor of atmospheric science at Pennsylvania State University.

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