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.

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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.

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Do you still think of yourself as a catastrophist today?

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Even the most dire crypto catastrophists say it is unlikely, at least at the moment, that a crash would bring much contagion to the broader economy.

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

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