doomism

noun

Etymology

From doom + -ism.

  1. inherited from *dʰóh₁mos
  2. inherited from *dōmaz
  3. inherited from *dōm
  4. inherited from dōm — “judgement
  5. inherited from doom
  6. formed as doomism — “doom + -ism

Definitions

  1. The belief that serious damage from climate change is unavoidable.

    • Plenty of Gen Zers are still optimistic about the climate crisis and recognize an inherent fallacy within doomism.
    • Both denial and doomism serve the purpose of creating a justification for inaction, but doomism serves those who can't stomach the fever swamps of denialism.
    • Finally, and most significantly, doomism has a strange view on the escapability of climate change.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for doomism. 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