The meaning of APOCALYPTIC is of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse. How to use apocalyptic in a sentence.

Post-apocalyptic stories often take place in a non-technological future world or a world where only scattered elements of society and technology remain.

APOCALYPTIC definition: 1. showing or describing the total destruction and end of the world, or extremely bad future…. Learn more.

APOCALYPTIC definition: of or like an apocalypse; affording a revelation or prophecy. See examples of apocalyptic used in a sentence.

Relating to or predicting widespread destruction or the collapse of civilization: "The refugees in the camps spoke of apocalyptic devastation and tens of thousands dead" (Amitav Ghosh).

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Definition of apocalyptic adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Apocalyptic is from Ancient Greek: ἀποκάλυψις, romanized: apokálupsis meaning "an unveiling or unfolding of things not previously known and which could not be known apart from the unveiling, …

Add to word list showing or describing the destruction of the world: an apocalyptic vision of the future (Definition of apocalyptic from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

APOCALYPTIC meaning: 1. showing or describing the total destruction and end of the world, or extremely bad future…. Learn more.