Cassandra

noun

kə-ˈsan-drə How to pronounce Cassandra (audio)
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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  1. Chicken Little
  2. doomsayer
Noun
  • For all the pre-launch Chicken Little-ing about America’s seeming disinterest in the World Cup, the TV and streaming audiences thus far have surpassed even the expectations of FIFA’s network partners.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 June 2026
  • Chicken Little may have been onto something!
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
Definition of Chicken Little
Noun
  • Farage’s serious desire to be prime minister has left a vacancy for chief British doomsayer to the American right—a vacancy into which Rupert Lowe has gratefully stepped.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
  • For most of last year, Dario Amodei was one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent doomsayers on AI and employment.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 May 2026
Definition of doomsayer
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“Cassandra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Cassandra. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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