doomsdayers
Prophets of disaster
Doomsdayers are people who predict catastrophe or disaster, especially those who do so persistently or with seeming relish.
The term often carries a dismissive tone, suggesting the predictions are exaggerated or unfounded: The doomsdayers have been warning about economic collapse for years.
Climate scientists sometimes bristle at being called doomsdayers when presenting evidence-based projections.
Study of ultimate destiny
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- tribulationState of great distress
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- judgment dayFinal divine assessment
second coming · antichrist · four horsemen · millenarianism · end times · prophecy · biblical · apocalypse
Violent, large-scale disaster
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- collapseSudden structural failure
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
catastrophe · apocalypse · end of the world · nuclear winter · mass destruction · existential threat · climate collapse · asteroid impact
Foretelling of future events
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- warningAlert about danger
- predictionForecast of coming events
- prognosticationForetelling future events
omen · portent · harbinger · sign · vision · foresight · oracle · seer
Deliberately spreading exaggerated threats
- scaremongeringSpreading exaggerated threats
- catastrophizingImagining worst-case outcomes
- sensationalismOverhyped news coverage
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
hysteria · exaggeration · hyperbole · overreaction · melodrama · paranoia · gloom · crying wolf
People preparing for catastrophes
- survivalistsThose preparing for catastrophe
- prophetsProclaimers of sacred truth
- preachersClergy who deliver sermons
- zealotsFanatical cause followers
fanatics · conspiracy theorists · cultists · televangelists · street preachers
eschatology
Study of ultimate destiny
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- tribulationState of great distress
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
judgment day · second coming · antichrist · four horsemen · millenarianism · end times · prophecy · biblical · apocalypse · lake of fire
cataclysm
Violent, large-scale disaster
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- collapseSudden structural failure
devastation · catastrophe · apocalypse · end of the world · nuclear winter · mass destruction · existential threat · climate collapse · asteroid impact · pandemic
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- warningAlert about danger
- predictionForecast of coming events
prognostication · omen · portent · harbinger · sign · vision · foresight · oracle · seer · soothsayer
fearmongering
Deliberately spreading exaggerated threats
- scaremongeringSpreading exaggerated threats
- catastrophizingImagining worst-case outcomes
- sensationalismOverhyped news coverage
panic · hysteria · exaggeration · hyperbole · overreaction · melodrama · paranoia · gloom · crying wolf · chicken little
preppers
People preparing for catastrophes
- survivalistsThose preparing for catastrophe
- prophetsProclaimers of sacred truth
- preachersClergy who deliver sermons
zealots · fanatics · conspiracy theorists · cultists · televangelists · street preachers