Doomerism

Quick meaning: Doomerism is a noun meaning (neologism) Despair and apathy caused by disbelief in the possibility of change; the mindset of doomers.

Meaning

(neologism) Despair and apathy caused by disbelief in the possibility of change; the mindset of doomers.

Example Sentences

A question from, probably mispronouncing it, Gemma. And she writes, "I have found it hard to avoid doomerism. How do I avoid losing all hope?"

А camp of techno-optimists rebuffs A.I. doomerism with old-fashioned libertarian boomerism, insisting that all the hand-wringing about existential risk is a kind of mass hysteria.

Also, the slow uptake is not all that surprising — numerous studies on climate communication suggest that ‘doomerism’ is not an effective way to mobilize people. And, that is exactly what we see, both in the fictional world on the verge of collapse, and in our own.

As a writer, she often balances rigorous thinking with a sense of wonder: being a scientist, she wrote in an essay challenging the climate doomerism of novelist Jonathan Franzen, “means I believe in miracles. I live on one. We are improbable life on a perfect planet.”

Word Forms

• doomerisms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include doomer, doomwatch, doom, doomsdate, doompost, damp.

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