collapsism

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noun

The belief that a system or entity will collapse.

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Meanings

nouncollapsism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe belief that a system or entity will collapse.

    Collapsism — the view that the North will fall quickly, much like East Germany — and gradualism — exactly the opposite — represent […]

    1994, Korea Business World, volume 10, numbers 1-6, page 41
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    Yet even in Grossman's time, at least one radical voice challenged his collapsism. Council Communist Anton Pannekoek […] charged Grossman with citing Marx's writings on capitalism's periodic crises to suggest the latter believed in the notion of a collapse from its limits.

    2012, Sasha Lilley, David McNally, Eddie Yuen, Catastrophism: The Apocalyptic Politics of Collapse and Rebirth

Origin

From collapse + -ism.

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collapsism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collapsism

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collapsism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collapsism.

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