doomerism

noun
/ˈduː.məˌɹɪ.zəm/UK/ˈdu.məˌɹɪ.zəm/US

Etymology

From doomer + -ism.

  1. inherited from dōmere — “judge
  2. inherited from domere
  3. formed as doomerism — “doomer + -ism

Definitions

  1. Despair and apathy caused by disbelief in the possibility of change

    Despair and apathy caused by disbelief in the possibility of change; the mindset of doomers.

    • A question from, probably mispronouncing it, Gemma. And she writes, "I have found it hard to avoid doomerism. How do I avoid losing all hope?"

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for doomerism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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