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Apocalyptic
APOCALYP'TIC
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apocalyptic
apocalyptic
English
Adjective
apocalyptic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to an apocalypse:
- Of or relating to an apocalypse (a revelation), revelatory; prophetic.
- 1985, Donald A. Hagner, Apocalyptic Motifs in the Gospel of Matthew: Continuity and Discontinuity, quoted in 2007 by Jonathan T. Pennington in Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew, page 92:
- "From beginning to end, and throughout, the Gospel makes such frequent use of apocalyptic motifs and the apocalyptic viewpoint that it deserves to be called the apocalyptic Gospel."
- 2002, Peter W. Smith, In the Day of the Lord: The Exciting and Promised Fulfillment, page 7:
- This was because apocalyptic stories — from the Greek word apohalupsis which means “reveal” — uses the vocabulary of symbols and numbers and contains concealed messages that secular listeners cannot comprehend.
- 1985, Donald A. Hagner, Apocalyptic Motifs in the Gospel of Matthew: Continuity and Discontinuity, quoted in 2007 by Jonathan T. Pennington in Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew, page 92:
- Of or relating to an apocalypse (a disaster).
- 2001, Richard A. Horsley, Hearing the whole story: the politics of plot in Mark's gospel, page 122:
- In fact, interpreters commonly declare that Mark is an "apocalyptic" Gospel. When they read Jesus' long speech toward the end of the Gospel (chap. 13), they even detect a veritable "apocalypse": "Wars and rumors of wars, […] "
- 2010, Philip Leroy Culbertson, Elaine Mary Wainwright, Bible in popular culture, page 184:
- These bookends house a wealth of apocalyptic stories. The Bible, like some street preacher with a sign, shouts, “The end is near!”
- 2001, Richard A. Horsley, Hearing the whole story: the politics of plot in Mark's gospel, page 122:
- Of or relating to an apocalypse (a revelation), revelatory; prophetic.
- Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom).
- (nonstandard) Eggcorn of apoplectic.
- He was apocalyptically furious.
Antonyms
Derived terms
- apocalyptical
- apocalypticist
- apocalypticalist (rare)
- post-apocalyptic
Translations
of or relating to an apocalypse
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relating to a revelation, revelatory, prophetic
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relating to a disaster
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portending a future disaster
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Noun
apocalyptic (plural apocalyptics)
- One who predicts apocalypse.
Translations
one who predicts apocalypse
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