doomer
Apocalypse is inevitable
A doomer is someone who believes catastrophe is inevitable—whether ecological collapse, societal breakdown, or personal failure—and dwells on that belief.
The term emerged from internet culture, often describing those who've given up hope about climate change or civilization's trajectory: He's such a doomer about the economy.
Doomers may embrace their pessimism as clear-eyed realism or wear it with ironic detachment.
Those born 1981-1996
- disillusionmentBitter loss of faith
- alienationState of being isolated
- precarityState of persistent vulnerability
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
Total absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- desolationState of complete emptiness
gloom · misery · angst · ennui · despondency · dread · resignation · weariness
Rejection of objective meaning
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- absurdismPhilosophy embracing existence's irrationality
- meaninglessnessLack of significance
futility · pessimism · cynicism · determinism · void · entropy · oblivion · emptiness
Total civilizational collapse
- collapseSudden structural failure
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
endtimes · decimation · ruination · destruction · calamity
One expecting negative outcomes
- cynicDoubter of good intentions
- fatalistBeliever in predetermined outcomes
- defeatistOne expecting inevitable failure
- naysayerHabitual dissenter
misanthrope · killjoy · catastrophizer · Eeyore · wet-blanket · negativist · contrarian · alarmist
millennials
Those born 1981-1996
- disillusionmentBitter loss of faith
- alienationState of being isolated
- precarityState of persistent vulnerability
despair
Total absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
desolation · gloom · misery · angst · ennui · despondency · dread · resignation · weariness · listlessness
nihilism
Rejection of objective meaning
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- absurdismPhilosophy embracing existence's irrationality
meaninglessness · futility · pessimism · cynicism · determinism · void · entropy · oblivion · emptiness · skepticism
apocalypse
Total civilizational collapse
- collapseSudden structural failure
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
annihilation · endtimes · decimation · ruination · destruction · calamity
pessimist
One expecting negative outcomes
- cynicDoubter of good intentions
- fatalistBeliever in predetermined outcomes
- defeatistOne expecting inevitable failure
naysayer · misanthrope · killjoy · catastrophizer · Eeyore · wet-blanket · negativist · contrarian · alarmist · doomscroller
- fansfan, sports fan, superfan, superfans, die-hard fan
- internet slangomg, yolo, hashtag, yeet, sus
- online personastroll, bot, influencer, lurker, spammer
- doom and gloomPersistent negative outlook
- gloom and doomPervasive negative expectation
- doomed romance
- impending doomUnavoidable calamity approaching
- doomsday cultGroup expecting imminent apocalypse
- doom scrollingCompulsive consumption of distressing content
doom, doomed, doomsday, dooming, doomsayer, dooms, doomy, doomster