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doom-monger

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English

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Etymology

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From doom +‎ monger.

Noun

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doom-monger (plural doom-mongers)

  1. A person who prophesies doom.
    • 2022 September 21, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Truss and Trevelyan lead a team new to the railways”, in RAIL, number 966, page 10:
      Trevelyan has been criticised for claiming, in 2012, that there was "clear evidence that the ice caps aren't melting at all" and that "we aren't getting hotter - global warming isn't actually happening". In a series of tweets unearthed by Labour opponents, she labelled some climate scientists as "doom-mongers".
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