apocalyptic
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós, “revelatory”), from ἀποκαλύπτειν (apokalúptein, “to reveal, uncover”), from ἀπό (apó, “off”) + καλύπτειν (kalúptein, “to cover”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɒ.kə.lɪp.tɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
apocalyptic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to an apocalypse:
- (revelation) Revelatory; prophetic.
- 1876, John Ruskin, “Letter LXIV”, in Fors Clavigera. Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain, volume VI, Orpington, Kent: George Allen, →OCLC, page 116:
- Let him go and make, and burn, a pile or two [of bricks] with his own hands; he will thereby receive apocalyptic visions of a nature novel to his soul.
- 1985, Donald A. Hagner, Apocalyptic Motifs in the Gospel of Matthew: Continuity and Discontinuity, page 92:
- From beginning to end, and throughout, the Gospel makes such frequent use of apocalyptic motifs and the apocalyptic viewpoint that it deserves to be called the apocalyptic Gospel."
- 2002, Peter W. Smith, In the Day of the Lord: The Exciting and Promised Fulfillment, page 7:
- This was because apocalyptic stories — from the Greek word apohalupsis which means "reveal" — uses the vocabulary of symbols and numbers and contains concealed messages that secular listeners cannot comprehend.
- 2019 November 3, Andrew Anthony, quoting David Mitchell, “David Mitchell: ‘I have no reason to have these apocalyptic musings’”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
- “It’s true that as I walk out of my house in a nice quiet street and go to a nice cafe five minutes’ walk away, I have no reason to have these apocalyptic musings.”
- (disaster)
- 2001, Richard A. Horsley, Hearing the Whole Story: The Politics of Plot in Mark's Gospel, page 122:
- In fact, interpreters commonly declare that Mark is an "apocalyptic" Gospel. When they read Jesus' long speech toward the end of the Gospel (chap. 13), they even detect a veritable "apocalypse": "Wars and rumors of wars, […] "
- 2010, Philip Leroy Culbertson, Elaine Mary Wainwright, Bible in Popular Culture, page 184:
- These bookends house a wealth of apocalyptic stories. The Bible, like some street preacher with a sign, shouts, "The end is near!"
- 2019 January 14, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-2935 - O, Death” (0:07 from the start), in The Exploring Series, archived from the original on 25 March 2023:
- Life in the SCP universe continually hangs by a thread, threatened constantly by the existence of a number of dangerous and apocalyptic anomalies. These threats are countered and contained by the existence of organizations such as the SCP Foundation or the Global Occult Coalition.
- 2021 May 5, Drachinifel, 42:53 from the start, in Battle of Samar - What if TF34 was there?, archived from the original on 19 August 2022:
- […] and the pillar of smoke which had recently begun to dissipate, as many of the fires amidships had been smothered by the onrushing water, was replaced by a vast mushroom cloud of steam, smoke, flame, and debris as the magazines detonated. In the pall of this apocalyptic destruction, the U.S. fleet takes stock.
- (revelation) Revelatory; prophetic.
- Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom).
- Catachresis for apoplectic.
- He was apocalyptically furious.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to an apocalypse
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relating to a revelation, revelatory, prophetic
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relating to a disaster
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portending a future disaster
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Noun
apocalyptic (plural apocalyptics)
- One who predicts apocalypse.
Synonyms
Translations
one who predicts apocalypse
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