doomerism

/ˈduː.məˌɹɪ.zəm/

doomerism means despair and apathy caused by disbelief in the possibility of change; the mindset of doomers. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.

doomerism is pronounced /ˈduː.məˌɹɪ.zəm/.

Etymology

From doomer + -ism.

noun

Despair and apathy caused by disbelief in the possibility of change; the mindset of doomers.“As a writer, she often balances rigorous thinking with a sense of wonder: being a scientist, she wrote in an essay challenging the climate doomerism of novelist Jonathan Franzen, “means I believe in miracles. I live on one. We are improbable life on a perfect planet.””