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doomerisms

Syllables: doom·er·ismsUK/ˈduː.məˌɹɪ.zəmz/US/ˈdu.məˌɹɪ.zəmz/

doomerisms is the plural of doomerism.

Meaning of doomerism

Noun

doomerism (countable and uncountable, plural doomerisms)

  1. (neologism) Despair and apathy caused by disbelief in the possibility of change; the mindset of doomers.
    • As a writer, she often balances rigorous thinking with a sense of wonder: being a scientist, she wrote in an essay challenging the climate doomerism of novelist Jonathan Franzen, “means I believe in miracles. I live on one. We are improbable life on a perfect planet.”2020 September 22, Jeff Goodell, quoting Kate Marvel, “A Conversation With Climate Scientist Kate Marvel”, in The Rolling Stone

Questions about doomerisms

What is doomerisms the plural of?
Doomerisms is the plural of doomerism.
How do you pronounce doomerisms?
Doomerisms is pronounced /ˈduː.məˌɹɪ.zəmz/ (UK).

Words near doomerisms in the dictionary

  1. doomed
  2. doomed if you do, doomed if you don't
  3. doomedness
  4. doomer
  5. doomerism
  6. doomerisms
  7. doomerist
  8. doomerists
  9. doomers
  10. doomes
  11. doomest

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