doomsday cult

English

Etymology

Coined by American sociologist John Lofland in 1966.

Noun

doomsday cult (plural doomsday cults)

  1. A cult that believes in apocalypticism and millenarianism; (by extension) a group that has lost touch with reality.
    • 2022 October 3, Paul Krugman, “How Liz Truss Did So Much Damage in So Few Days”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:
      This raised doubts about their competence and, indeed, their connection to reality; it’s never good when economists at major banks declare that a country’s ruling party has become a doomsday cult.

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