catastrofismo
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]catastrofismo m (plural catastrofismi)
- catastrophe theory
- excessive pessimism
- disaster movie
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From catástrofe + -ismo.
Noun
[edit]catastrofismo m (plural catastrofismos)
- catastrophism, alarmism
- 2015 July 31, “Ni ‘ufanismo’ ni catastrofismo”, in El País[1]:
- Brasil vive tradicionalmente ciclos emocionales: del ufanismo, una autoestima fantasiosa de su grandeza, a, (cuando la realidad es adversa) el catastrofismo, un exagerado pesimismo sobre los defectos inherentes a una sociedad en metamorfosis.
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Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “catastrofismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10