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apocalypse

noun
/əˈpɒkəlɪps/UK/əˈpɑkəlɪps/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-) Ancient Greek κᾰλῠ́πτω (kălŭ́ptō) Ancient Greek ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ποκᾰ́λῠψῐς (ăpokắlŭpsĭs)der. Latin apocalypsisbor. Middle English apocalips English apocalypse From Middle English apocalips, from Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”, literally “uncovering”), from ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō, “to reveal”), from ἀπό (apó, “back, away from”) + καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”), + -σις (-sis, suffix forming nouns). The sense evolution to "catastrophe, end of the world" stems from the depiction of such events in the biblical Book of Revelation, also called the Apocalypse of (i.e. Revelation to) John. The verb is from the noun and, in sense 1, a semantic loan from the etymonic Ancient Greek verb ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō, “to reveal”).

  1. derived from ἀποκάλυψις
  2. derived from apocalypsis
  3. inherited from apocalips

Definitions

  1. A revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events.

    • The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.

  2. A huge disaster

    A huge disaster; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin of large scope and scale.

    • Near-synonyms: cataclysm, catastrophe, holocaust; armageddon, doomsday, end times, eschaton, judgement day, judgment day
    • A nuclear apocalypse would have been possible if tensions went out of control during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
    • Man has forgotten the soul and thus doomed his civilization to apocalypse.

  3. The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation

    The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.

    • Meronyms: Final Judgment, Judgment Day, judgement day, judgment day
    • Near-synonym: Ragnarok
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. The Book of Revelation.

    2. To reveal.

    3. To dwell on a huge disaster one expects to take place.

      • This doesn’t mean that you pretend the tornado in Kansas didn’t happen. Perhaps it spurs you to think about emergency preparedness. But you’ll be planning proactively, in the present, not worrying or apocalypsing.

    4. To bring about (a huge disaster).

      • “Robots still win,” I said. “What about if the robots don’t start…apocalypsing, until after half of humanity is turned?” “Robots still win,” I said, “easy.”

    5. The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.

      • Apocalypses of Adam and Abraham (Epiphanius) and of Elias (Jerome) are also mentioned.

    6. Revelation (last book of the Bible, composed of twenty-two chapters, which narrates a…

      Revelation (last book of the Bible, composed of twenty-two chapters, which narrates a vision of the end times).

      • He's been reading the Apocalypse again, and doomscrolling social media content that fixates on it.

    7. Armageddon

      Armageddon: the destructive end of the world.

      • They keep predicting that the Apocalypse is nigh, but I notice that they have books and supplies that they're trying to sell.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA