apocalyptic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: lifestyle
religion
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin apocalypticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós, “revelatory”), from ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”), from ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō, “to reveal, uncover”).
Inflected forms:
form: apocalyptics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to an apocalypse:
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: 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.
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."
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.
“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.”
gloss: Of or relating to an apocalypse:
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
not-comparable
examples: For the first time since the show began, a sense of utter loneliness overwhelmed me, a bitter despair at the uselessness of individual effort in this gigantic tragedy of apocalyptic destruction.
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, […]"
These bookends house a wealth of apocalyptic stories. The Bible, like some street preacher with a sign, shouts, "The end is near!"
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.
[…]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.
gloss: Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Submissions on the part of gay teachers and students and organizations were countered by apocalyptic denunciations on the part of Bible-toting mothers and fathers expertly organized by the right.
Shortly after the publication of When Prophecy Fails, Hardyck and Braden (1962) investigated an apocalyptic group of Pentecostals to see if the failed apocalypse would result in enduring conviction and proselytization, but it did not.
gloss: Catachresis for apoplectic.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: He was apocalyptically furious.
gloss: One who predicts apocalypse.
pos: noun
Antonyms: nonapocalyptic
Derived words: apocalyptical
apocalypticalist
apocalyptically
apocalypticism
apocalypticist
apocalyptic number
apocalyptism
peri-apocalyptic
post-apocalyptic
postapocalyptic
preapocalyptic
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: apocalíptic
lang: Danish
word: apokalyptisk
lang: Dutch
word: apocalyptisch
lang: Esperanto
word: apokalipsa
lang: Finnish
word: apokalyptinen
lang: French
word: apocalyptique
lang: German
word: apokalyptisch
lang: Greek
word: αποκαλυπτικός
roman: apokalyptikós
lang: Irish
word: apacailipteach
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: apokalyptisk
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: apokalyptisk
lang: Polish
word: apokaliptyczny
lang: Portuguese
word: apocalíptico
lang: Portuguese
word: apocalítico
lang: Romanian
word: apocaliptic
lang: Russian
word: апокалипти́ческий
roman: apokaliptíčeskij
lang: Spanish
word: apocalíptico
lang: Swedish
word: apokalyptisk