doomism

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noun

The belief that serious damage from climate change is unavoidable.

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Meanings

noundoomism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableclimate changeThe belief that serious damage from climate change is unavoidable.

    Finally, and most significantly, doomism has a strange view on the escapability of climate change.

    2021, Michael E. Mann, The New Climate War, PublicAffairs, →ISBN
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    Plenty of Gen Zers are still optimistic about the climate crisis and recognize an inherent fallacy within doomism.

    2020 September 21, Alexandra Villarreal, “Meet the doomers: why some young US voters have given up hope on climate”, in The Guardian

    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.

    2020, Ketan Joshi, Windfall: Unlocking a fossil-free future, →ISBN

Origin

From doom + -ism.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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