gloom-and-doomers
Professional worst-case thinkers
Gloom-and-doomers are people who habitually predict disaster or focus on negative outcomes.
The term is mildly dismissive, suggesting their pessimism is excessive or unwarranted: The gloom-and-doomers said the economy would collapse, but here we are.
Also gloom-and-doom as an adjective: gloom-and-doom predictions.
Those predicting disaster
- naysayersThose who dismiss ideas
- pessimistsThose assuming negative outcomes
- defeatistsThose anticipating inevitable failure
- cynicsDoubters of sincerity
fatalists · killjoys · wet blankets · worrywarts · alarmists · catastrophists · scaremongers · spoilsports
People preparing for catastrophes
- survivalistsThose preparing for catastrophe
- doomsdayersThose predicting catastrophic endings
- millenariansBelievers in prophesied utopia
- MalthusiansPopulation-exceeds-resources believers
Supports or tolerates
- gold bugsAdvocates for metal-backed currency
- inflation hawksPrice-stability hardliners
doomsayers
Those predicting disaster
- naysayersThose who dismiss ideas
- pessimistsThose assuming negative outcomes
- defeatistsThose anticipating inevitable failure
cynics · fatalists · killjoys · wet blankets · worrywarts · alarmists · catastrophists · scaremongers · spoilsports · party poopers
preppers
People preparing for catastrophes
- survivalistsThose preparing for catastrophe
- doomsdayersThose predicting catastrophic endings
- millenariansBelievers in prophesied utopia
bears
Supports or tolerates
- gold bugsAdvocates for metal-backed currency
- inflation hawksPrice-stability hardliners
environmental activists
Advocates for ecological protection