doomerism
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]doomerism (uncountable)
- (neologism) Despair and apathy caused by disbelief in the possibility of change; the mindset of doomers.
- 2020 September 22, Jeff Goodell, quoting Kate Marvel, “A Conversation With Climate Scientist Kate Marvel”, in The Rolling Stone[1]:
- 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.”
- 2021 December 28, Priya Shukla, “How This Climate Scientist Felt After Watching ‘Don’t Look Up’”, in Forbes[2]:
- Also, the slow uptake is not all that surprising — numerous studies on climate communication suggest that ‘doomerism’ is not an effective way to mobilize people. And, that is exactly what we see, both in the fictional world on the verge of collapse, and in our own.
- 2022 July 21, Bernie Sanders, “We can't give in to doomerism.”, in YouTube[3]:
- A question from, probably mispronouncing it, Gemma. And she writes, "I have found it hard to avoid doomerism. How do I avoid losing all hope?"
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:doomerism.
Usage notes
[edit]- Most often used with regard to climate change, lack of positive social change, and the risk of AI takeover.
