apocalyptic
adj.
pertaining to the end of the world
Apocalypticism
Apocalypticism is a
worldview based on the idea that important matters are
esoteric in nature ("hidden") and they will soon be revealed in a major confrontation of earth-shaking magnitude that will change the course of
history. Apocalypticism can be tied to religious or secular views, and the expected outcome can be seen as positive, negative, or ambiguous. It can appear as a personal and group tendency, outlook, perceptual frame, or rhetorical style; and can lead people toward passivity while awaiting the inevitable end, or active preparation in anticipation of an "apocalyptic" event.
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apocalyptic
Adjective
1. prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
(synonym) apocalyptical, revelatory
(similar) prophetic, prophetical
2. of or relating to an apocalypse
(pertainym) apocalypse
Apocalyptic
(n.)
Alt. of Apocalyptist
(a.)
Alt. of Apocalyptical
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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apocalyptic
Synonyms and related words:
Biblical, Gospel, Mosaic, New-Testament, Old-Testament, apostolic, augural, auguring, bad, baleful, baneful, betraying, black, bodeful, boding, canonical, dark, dire, direful, disclosing, disclosive, divinatory, doomful, dreary, evangelic, evangelistic, evil, evil-starred, exposing, eye-opening, fateful, fatidic, foreboding, forecasting, foreseeing, foretelling, forewarning, fortunetelling, gloomy, gospel, haruspical, ill, ill-boding, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, inauspicious, inspired, lowering, mantic, menacing, of evil portent, ominous, oracular, portending, portentous, predictional, predictive, predictory, prefigurative, prefiguring, presageful, presaging, presignificative, presignifying, prognostic, prognosticative, prophetic, revealed, revealing, revelational, revelatory, scriptural, showing, sibyllic, sibylline, sinister, somber, talkative, textual, textuary, theopneustic, threatening, unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky, unpromising, unpropitious, untoward, vaticinal, vaticinatory, weather-wise
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.