apocalypse
Meanings
Plural: apocalypses
Noun
- a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
- the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle
- A revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events.
- A huge disaster; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin of large scope and scale.
- The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.
- The Book of Revelation.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English apocalips, from Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”, literally “uncovering”), from ἀπό (apó, “back, away from”) and καλύπτω (kalúptō, “I cover”). The sense evolution to "catastrophe, end of the world" stems from the depiction of such events in the biblical Book of Revelation, also called the Apocalypse of (i.e. Revelation to) John.
Synonyms
armageddon, Book of Revelation, doomsday, end times, eschaton, Revelation, revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine
Scrabble Score: 19
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