apocalyptist

American  

[uh-pok-uh-lip-tist] / əˈpɒk əˌlɪp tɪst /

noun

1. a writer of apocalyptic literature.

2. a person who adheres to the teachings of apocalyptic literature concerning the signs and events preceding the end of the world.

3. a person who holds to any teachings that predict a catastrophic end to the world.

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Etymology

Origin of apocalyptist

First recorded in 1825–35; apocalypt(ic) + -ist

Example Sentences

Still the Midrash maintains that Daniel, or the person writing in his name, was no prophet, like Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, but a man of visions, an apocalyptist.

From Project Gutenberg

This school practically denies anything more than a half-accidental continuity between the preaching of the historical Christ, whom they strangely suppose to have been a mere apocalyptist, one of the many Messiahs or Mahdis who arose at this period in Palestine, and the Catholic Church, which according to them belonged to the same type of religion as the worship of Isis and Mithra.

From Project Gutenberg