APOCALYPSE Definition & Meaning

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apocalypse

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noun

1. a prophecy or revelation, especially regarding a final cataclysmic battle between good and evil.
2. the apocalypse, in some belief systems, a final cataclysmic battle of this kind, in which evil is defeated and the present age brought to a close.
  According to traditional evangelical teaching, the apocalypse will begin with a time of persecution.
3. the apocalypse, the end of civilization; the complete destruction or collapse of the world as we know it (sometimes used facetiously).
  On both ends of the political spectrum, visions of the apocalypse and predictions of doom abound.
  We thought this recession might be the apocalypse, and sales would go down to 1 percent.
any universal or widespread destruction or disaster.
If humanity is to avoid a nuclear apocalypse, a whole new level of international cooperation is urgently required.
Apocalypse. Revelation.
any piece of literature belonging to a genre of Jewish or Christian writings that appeared from about 200 b.c. to the late Middle Ages and were assumed to reveal God’s ultimate purpose.

apocalypse

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a prophetic disclosure or revelation
an event of great importance, violence, etc, like the events described in the Apocalypse

Apocalypse

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Bible (in the Vulgate and Douay versions of the Bible) the Book of Revelation

Apocalypse

Another name for the New Testament Book of Revelation; from the Greek word for “revelation.”

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An “apocalypse” is a final catastrophe.

The Apocalypse is supposed to come at the end of the world or of time.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Apocalypse¹

First recorded in 1125–75; Middle English, from Late Latin apocalypsis, from Greek ��ǰ�á�� “revelation,” from ��ǰ첹��ý��(�ٱ𾱲�) “to uncover, reveal” (from apo- apo- + �첹��ý��ٱ𾱲� “to cover, conceal”; eucalyptus ) + -sis -sis

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Apocalypse¹

C13: from Late Latin apocalypsis, from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein to disclose, from _apo- + kaluptein to hide

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“One of the interesting questions with an apocalypse movie is: What do you look forward to? What do these people have to aim for?” says Boyle, director of both “Days” and “Years.”

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While discussions of the singularity have been percolating online for years, recent developments in AI technology and headlines warning of a potential AI apocalypse have elevated the topic.

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This consideration of the time scale of dystopia and apocalypse led to conversations about when the world in the show “ended” — and if that matched the events in the game.

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Nor is it necessary for Joel and Ellie’s journey, beyond demonstrating why our reasons for living aren’t always practical but are often necessary, even in an apocalypse.

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Slaveowner statesmen of the antebellum South, like John C. Calhoun and Alexander Stephens, were plainly terrified of the racial apocalypse they feared might come with abolition, let alone any version of legal equality.

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