catastrophist

[kuh-ta-struhf-ist]

noun

1. a person who expects or predicts large-scale social catastrophe, upheaval, or disaster, or who believes that significant societal change comes about only through such events.

2. a person who believes in geological or biological catastrophism.

Example Sentences

Studying France, it is always possible to strike a less "catastrophist" note.

From BBC

A friend of mine — someone my husband refers to affectionately as “a catastrophist” — inadvertently expressed the depth of this guilt to me the other day.

From New York Times

Do you still think of yourself as a catastrophist today?

From Los Angeles Times

But the catastrophists say the market’s size only reinforces the stakes.

From Washington Post

“How does the catastrophist not plan for his own catastrophe?”

From Washington Post