survivalism
Stockpiling for collapse
Survivalism is the practice of preparing for catastrophic events—natural disasters, economic collapse, societal breakdown, or nuclear war.
Survivalists stockpile food, water, weapons, and supplies, often developing skills in self-sufficiency, wilderness survival, and emergency medicine.
The movement ranges from reasonable disaster preparedness to apocalyptic extremism.
The bunker reflected his commitment to survivalism.
One who stockpiles for catastrophe
- bugoutRapid emergency departure
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- emergencySerious sudden danger
disaster · readiness · shelter-in-place · evacuation · rationing · contingency · non-perishable · flashlight
Capacity to recover quickly
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- preparednessState of being equipped
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
vigilance · fortitude · perseverance · grit · determination · stoicism · pragmatism · toughness
Wilderness survival skill set
- backcountrySparsely populated wilderness areas
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- navigationDetermining position and course
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
campcraft · snares · cordage · terrain · wildlife · elements · expedition · outdoorsman
Self-reliant land-based lifestyle
- off-gridWithout utility connections
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- gardeningTending plants recreationally
canning · preservation · renewable · solar · composting · husbandry · bartering · DIY
Prophesied world's end
- SHTFCatastrophic societal breakdown
- collapseSudden structural failure
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
- militiaNon-professional armed force
Y2K · nuclear · pandemic · back-to-the-land
prepper
One who stockpiles for catastrophe
- bugoutRapid emergency departure
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
emergency · disaster · readiness · shelter-in-place · evacuation · rationing · contingency · non-perishable · flashlight · batteries
resilience
Capacity to recover quickly
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- preparednessState of being equipped
resourcefulness · vigilance · fortitude · perseverance · grit · determination · stoicism · pragmatism · toughness · hardiness
bushcraft
Wilderness survival skill set
- backcountrySparsely populated wilderness areas
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- navigationDetermining position and course
foraging · campcraft · snares · cordage · terrain · wildlife · elements · expedition · outdoorsman · camouflage
homesteading
Self-reliant land-based lifestyle
- off-gridWithout utility connections
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
gardening · canning · preservation · renewable · solar · composting · husbandry · bartering · DIY · hydroponics
doomsday
Prophesied world's end
- SHTFCatastrophic societal breakdown
- collapseSudden structural failure
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
militia · Y2K · nuclear · pandemic · back-to-the-land
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- Disaster Films2012, Armageddon, Deep Impact, The Day After Tomorrow, The Towering Inferno
- sustainable livingrecycling, composting, solar power, wind power, renewable
- self-relianceself-sufficiency, independence, resourcefulness, self-discipline, self-motivation
- apocalypseapocalypse, Armageddon, end times, rapture, tribulation
- off-grid livingoff-grid, self-sufficiency, self-reliance, homesteading, remote living
survivalismcomplacency
Uncritical satisfaction with oneself
unpreparedness · carelessness · improvidence · heedlessness · dependence
survivalismcollectivism
Group primacy doctrine
communitarianism · interdependence · cosmopolitanism · civic trust · social integration
survivalismhedonism
Pursuit of gratification
presentism · carpe diem · consumerism · instant gratification · epicureanism
- survivalist compoundFortified self-reliant retreat