APOCALYPTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apocalyptic mean? 

• APOCALYPTIC (adjective)
  The adjective APOCALYPTIC has 2 senses:

1. prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom

2. of or relating to an apocalypse

  Familiarity information: APOCALYPTIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APOCALYPTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom

Synonyms:

apocalyptic; apocalyptical; revelatory

Similar:

prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)

Derivation:

Apocalypse (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to an apocalypse

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

apocalypse (a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil)

Derivation:

apocalypse (a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil)