Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who dooms, as a judge or a juryman.
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- noun One who believes that
petroleum depletion will inevitably lead to a severerecession ordepression , followed by aMalthusian catastrophe . - noun rare One who, or that which,
dooms .
Etymologies
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Examples
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At the risk of confirming my critics 'dumbest charge -- that I am a "doomer" -- the mandate of clarity requires me to ask: to what state of affairs do we expect to recover?
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"doomer" -- the mandate of clarity requires me to ask: to what state of affairs do we expect to recover?
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I have been following Sharon for almost two years, not just because she is a peak oil "doomer" and permaculturist, but because she's as interested in domestic life as she is in literature and economics and the environment.
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I have been following Sharon for almost two years, not just because she is a peak oil "doomer" and permaculturist, but because she's as interested in domestic life as she is in literature and economics and the environment.
Dove's Eye View: 2009
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I have been following Sharon for almost two years, not just because she is a peak oil "doomer" and permaculturist, but because she's as interested in domestic life as she is in literature and economics and the environment.
Family 2009
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I have been following Sharon for almost two years, not just because she is a peak oil "doomer" and permaculturist, but because she's as interested in domestic life as she is in literature and economics and the environment.
My America 2009
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Translation: Why can't you stop being a "doomer" and just vote Democratic, buy a hybrid car, put some curly lightbulbs in your lamps, and think positively?
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While the review was favorable, I must state that as someone who has seen the documentary dozens of times, who consistently shows it to my history classes, and who is a personal friend of the film makers, I was appalled at the use of the word "doomer" to describe the film.
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I didn't fully understand the "doomer" label until a friend called after having just heard an interview with Harvey Wasserman, co-author of HOW THE GOP STOLE AMERICA'S 2004 ELECTION & IS RIGGING 2008.
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Pardon a little bit of ancient mythology, but I'm quite certain that Noah was called a "doomer".
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The doomer, in this context, is the archetype of the alienated subject of capitalism.
The meme-ing of Mark Fisher: doomer memes for hauntological teens Dazed 2021
john commented on the word doomer
“Americans have long been fascinated by disaster scenarios, from the population explosion to the cold war to global warming. These days the doomers, as Mrs. Wilkerson jokingly calls herself and likeminded others, have a new focus: peak oil.”
The New York Times, A Movement Prepares: Goodbye, Limitless Oil. Hello, Primitive Dystopia., by John Leland, June 5, 2010
June 6, 2010