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

Just as Pa thought Judgment Day had come, the outhouse started spinning around like the merry-go-round at the county fair.

From Literature

A stirring example of the immersive visual language is seen in Episode 5, “Judgment Day,” where the distant beings reveal their presence on Earth with a colossal eye in the sky.

From Los Angeles Times

He appeared as an extra in TV shows “Knots Landing” and “Saved by the Bell,” as well as the film “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.”

From Seattle Times

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

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

From Scientific American