dark future
Grim times ahead
A dark future is a grim or dystopian vision of times to come, typically featuring societal collapse, environmental ruin, authoritarian control, or technological nightmare.
The phrase appears in science fiction, political commentary, and casual speculation: The novel paints a dark future where corporations have replaced governments.
It can also describe personal prospects: Without treatment, he faced a dark future.
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
- end timesProphesied apocalyptic conclusion
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
nuclear winter · cyberpunk · wasteland · scorched earth · dying earth · ominous · collapse · climate collapse · extinction · desolate · nightmare · grim · hopeless · decay · ruin · totalitarian · oppression · shadows
- Dystopia1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four, dystopian fiction, totalitarianism, Brave New World
- cyberpunkcyberspace, chrome, cyberware, implant, augmentation
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Anticipated success and happiness
golden age · rosy outlook · happy ending · new dawn · light at the end of the tunnel
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Imagined perfect society
solarpunk · paradise · ideal society · heaven on earth · promised land
dark futurebright future
Anticipated success and happiness
golden age · hope · prosperity · flourishing · happy ending
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