Definition of Cassandranext
as in Chicken Little
one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity more than one Cassandra on Wall Street had warned that the market was overdue for a major correction

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Noun
  • O'Hara has also voiced countless movie characters, lending her talent to The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Chicken Little (2005), Elemental (2023) and The Wild Robot (2024).
    Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • My Sister's Keeper (2009), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), and lent her voice to Chicken Little (2005), the Toy Story franchise, Arthur Christmas (2011), and Klaus (2019).
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
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  • But given the dismal prognostication record of climate doomsayers — wasn’t New York City supposed to be under water by now?
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Their mini-quests provide a bit of decent action here and there, as well as plenty of principled banter between a blinkered optimist (Lucy) and jaded doomsayer (Ghoul).
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Cassandra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Cassandra. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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