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doomsdayer

[doomz-dey-er]

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noun

a doomsayer.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of doomsdayer¹

First recorded in 1970–75; doomsday + -er ¹

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Example Sentences

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Aurora, the most cynical of the group, is an ecological “doomsdayer” who plans to flee to the forest and listen to “the distant echoes of civilization’s demise” from there.