Definition of doomsdayernext
as in Cassandra
one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity once again doomsdayers were issuing warnings about the dangers of nuclear proliferation

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Recent Examples of doomsdayer Last month was shopping list that any doomsdayer or survivalist would find irresistible. — Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2022 Think of the doomsdayers who worry that American tech already has too much easy cash arriving on our shores. — Theodore Schleifer, Recode, 22 Aug. 2018 Doomsdayers have been around since the first Neanderthal rolled a protective boulder in front of his cave. — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 12 June 2017

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“Doomsdayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomsdayer. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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