apocalypse
a prophecy or revelation, especially regarding a final cataclysmic battle between good and evil.
the apocalypse, in some belief systems, a final cataclysmic battle of this kind, in which evil is defeated and the present age brought to a close: According to traditional evangelical teaching, the apocalypse will begin with a time of persecution.
the apocalypse, the end of civilization; the complete destruction or collapse of the world as we know it (sometimes used facetiously): On both ends of the political spectrum, visions of the apocalypse and predictions of doom abound.We thought this recession might be the apocalypse, and sales would go down to 1 percent.
any universal or widespread destruction or disaster: If humanity is to avoid a nuclear apocalypse, a whole new level of international cooperation is urgently required.
Apocalypse. Revelation (def. 4).
any piece of literature belonging to a genre of Jewish or Christian writings that appeared from about 200 b.c. to the late Middle Ages and were assumed to reveal God’s ultimate purpose.
Origin of apocalypse
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The earliest recorded meaning of apocalypse (in Old English) was in reference to the name of the last book in the New Testament, also called Revelation. It recounts several prophetic visions of upheaval and destruction culminating in the Second Coming of Christ. In Middle English, apocalypse was extended to mean “any revelation or disclosure.” However, the meaning “any disaster or cataclysm” was not recorded until the late 19th century.
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How to use apocalypse in a sentence
“Six and a half years in, and I got out to a zombie apocalypse,” she says.
On surviving—and leaving—prison during a pandemic | Sarah Scoles | January 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe insect apocalypse has captured headlines, but the situation is more nuanced than that.
We Crush, Poison, and Destroy Insects at Our Own Peril - Issue 95: Escape | John Hainze | January 20, 2021 | NautilusBack in 2018, we first saw the Atlas robot performing “parkour” and the YouTube comment section was packed full of references to an impending apocalypse.
The Boston Dynamics robots are surprisingly good dancers | Stan Horaczek | December 31, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThen a mysterious global apocalypse occurs, prompting all his fellow scientists to evacuate.
Poignant The Midnight Sky wrestles with whether humankind is worth saving | Jennifer Ouellette | December 24, 2020 | Ars TechnicaFears of a robot-driven jobs apocalypse are a recurring theme in the media.
MIT Report: Robots Aren’t the Biggest Threat to the Future of Work—Policy Is | Edd Gent | November 23, 2020 | Singularity Hub
Such is the strange and permanent apocalypse of 21st-century L.A.
Conning people into buying a book to prepare for an "Ebola apocalypse" is not just irresponsible, it's pathetic.
In retrospect, 2009 and 2010 were halcyon days in the Middle East, now that we seem just one horseman short of an apocalypse.
If you were in the zombie apocalypse, would you be a hunter, the hunted, or Tyreese?
Andrew Lincoln Wants Rick to End With Johnny Cash and the Sunset | Melissa Leon | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll in all, a good week for learning that people you love aren't really dead and also holding off the apocalypse.
Naked Ben Franklin Christens the Campy Return of ‘Sleepy Hollow’ | Amy Zimmerman | September 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe sun, pale in the midst of a strange sickly transparence, lighted up this outline of the apocalypse.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoIt also possessed one of the earliest of the block-books, the apocalypse.
English Book Collectors | William Younger FletcherBut a clear and direct allusion to this last grouping of the constellations occurs in the apocalypse.
The Astronomy of the Bible | E. Walter MaunderAnd behold I saw, said the seer of the apocalypse, as if it were a sea of glass mingled with fire.
This Ten-Weeks apocalypse, therefore, we take to be the work of the writer of the rest of xci.-civ.
British Dictionary definitions for apocalypse (1 of 2)
/ (əˈpɒkəlɪps) /
a prophetic disclosure or revelation
an event of great importance, violence, etc, like the events described in the Apocalypse
Origin of apocalypse
1British Dictionary definitions for Apocalypse (2 of 2)
/ (əˈpɒkəlɪps) /
Bible (in the Vulgate and Douay versions of the Bible) the Book of Revelation
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Cultural definitions for Apocalypse
[ (uh-pok-uh-lips) ]
Another name for the New Testament Book of Revelation; from the Greek word for “revelation.”
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