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peri-apocalyptic

adj

Etymology

From peri- (“near”) + apocalyptic.

  1. derived from ἀποκαλυπτικός
  2. borrowed from apocalypticus
  3. prefixed as peri-apocalyptic — “peri + apocalyptic”

Definitions

  1. During an apocalypse.

    • Outage is 150,000 word novel of a genre I’d call peri-apocalyptic. It’s not post-apocalyptic because it doesn’t take place after the “end of the world,” but during.

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