Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or predicting the end of the world, especially as described in the Bible or another religious text.
- adjective Relating to or predicting widespread destruction or the collapse of civilization.
- adjective Characterized by predictions of or allusions to a disastrous outcome.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing or pertaining to an apocalypse or revelation; specifically, relating to or simulating the book of Revelation in the New Testament.
- Given to the explanation or application of prophecy.
- noun Same as
apocalyptist .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The writer of the Apocalypse.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation.
- adjective pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling an apocalypse, in senses 3 or 4.
- adjective the number 666, mentioned in Rev. xiii. 18., in which it is described as the number of the “beast of the earth”. It has been variously interpreted. Some fundamentalist Christians consider it to be the number of the Devil, and avoid or fear objects containing that number.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to an apocalypse:
- adjective
Portending afuture apocalypse (disaster ,devastation , ordoom ). - noun One who predicts
apocalypse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
- adjective of or relating to an apocalypse
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term apocalyptic does come to mind, and that really isn't an overstatement.
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People have used the word 'apocalyptic' and this is in no way a throwaway comment.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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O'Shea: As you point out at your blog, post-apocalyptic is a popular genre.
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The father of two, whose parish has the wide brew of amicable conditions, said his recommendation to people in apocalyptic circumstances is that 'they should not hurt anybody as well as cope as most appropriate they can'.
Poor? Go ahead and steal. - Shoryuken admin 2009
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Those early teens were formative years, because reading A.S. Neill's "The last Man alive", a hilarious book about a teacher and some of his students being the last people on earth, at the age of thirteen woke my interest in apocalyptic SF stuff.
Reader Challenge: Books You'd Like To Read Again, For The First Time 2009
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The father of two, whose parish has the wide brew of amicable conditions, said his recommendation to people in apocalyptic circumstances is that 'they should not hurt anybody as well as cope as most appropriate they can'.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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Post-apocalyptic is good (especially if they can make it as memorable as Fallout 3), writer for Heroes is sending up a red flag.
January 2009 2009
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When the architects of wars definite their goals in apocalyptic terms, "fighting spirit" cannot possibly win them.
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Post-apocalyptic is good (especially if they can make it as memorable as Fallout 3), writer for Heroes is sending up a red flag.
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A Christmas story with a difference: Santa Claus at the end of the Universe, in apocalyptic conflict with entropy.
Brian Ruckley · Fiction Special: Free Books and Other Things 2008
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