Judgment Day

American  

noun

Theology.

1. the day of the Last Judgment; doomsday.

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Judgment Day British  

noun

1. Also called: Day of Judgment.  the occasion of the Last (or General) Judgment by God at the end of the world See Last Judgment

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Judgment Day Cultural  

1. In the New Testament, the day at the end of time. According to the Gospels and the Book of Revelation, on this day the Earth and the sky will be in an uproar, the dead will rise from their graves, and Jesus will return to judge all the living and the dead. In judging their conduct, he will consider the deeds people do to each other, both good and bad, as if they had been done to him. (See Second Coming.)

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Etymology

Origin of Judgment Day

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

So perhaps we can avoid Judgment Day, as the Terminator franchise calls the nuclear war started by the fictional Skynet, developed by a fictional Silicon Valley company.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

Consider the power of the villainous killing machine in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

From Scientific American • Jul. 26, 2023

Over the last year, since becoming aligned with the Judgment Day faction, she has become arguably the most popular woman on the roster, even though she is a heel.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2023

But researchers in China and the United States have created a liquid metal robot that can mimic the shape-shifting abilities of actor Robert Patrick’s silvery, morphing killer robot in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 25, 2023

Two weeks seemed to me ample time to prepare, but the company behaved as though Judgment Day were almost upon them and they must put not only their parts but their entire lives in order.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood