doomist
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
doomist (plural doomists)
- A person with a gloomy, pessimistic attitude about the future.
Adjective edit
doomist (comparative more doomist, superlative most doomist)
- 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.