doomism
English
Etymology
doom + -ism
Noun
doomism (uncountable)
- (climate change) The belief that climate breakdown is unavoidable.
- Coordinate terms: climate denialism, delayism
- 2020 September 21, Alexandra Villarreal, “Meet the doomers: why some young US voters have given up hope on climate”, in The Guardian:
- Plenty of Gen Zers are still optimistic about the climate crisis and recognize an inherent fallacy within doomism.
- 2020, Ketan Joshi, Windfall: Unlocking a fossil-free future, →ISBN:
- Both denial and doomism serve the purpose of creating a justification for inaction, but doomism serves those who can't stomach the fever swamps of denialism.
- 2021, Michael E. Mann, The New Climate War, PublicAffairs, →ISBN:
- Finally, and most significantly, doomism has a strange view on the escapability of climate change.
Related terms
- doomer
- doomist