Home › Words › C › collapsismcollapsismcollapsism means the belief that a system or entity will collapse.EtymologyFrom collapse + -ism.nounThe belief that a system or entity will collapse.e.g.“Collapsism — the view that the North will fall quickly, much like East Germany — and gradualism — exactly the opposite — represent […]” — 1994, Korea Business World, volume 10, numbers 1-6, page 41:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.collapsitarianism 78% match — Desire to see, or belief that one will see, a social or economic collapse. vs collapsism →collapsitarian 76% match — A person who desires or predicts a social or economic collapse. vs collapsism →collapsology 72% match — The transdisciplinary study of the collapse of industrial civilization, and what might succeed it. vs collapsism →collapsologist 71% match — Someone concerned with collapsology. vs collapsism →collapsion 67% match — collapse vs collapsism →collapser 65% match — A person or thing that collapses. vs collapsism →declinism 65% match — A pessimistic belief that things are in decline. vs collapsism →declensionism 60% match — A belief in a declining trend in a history. vs collapsism →