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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(climate change) The belief that serious damage from climate change is unavoidable..
Plenty of Gen Zers are still optimistic about the climate crisis and recognize an inherent fallacy within doomism.
Both denial and doomism serve the purpose of creating a justification for inaction, but doomism serves those who can't stomach the fever swamps of denialism.
Finally, and most significantly, doomism has a strange view on the escapability of climate change.
Use doomism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Doomism means (climate change) The belief that serious damage from climate change is unavoidable..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Plenty of Gen Zers are still optimistic about the climate crisis and recognize an inherent fallacy within doomism.
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