apocalypse

Meaning

  1. A revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events.
  2. A huge disaster; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin of large scope and scale.
  3. The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.
  4. The Book of Revelation.

Synonyms

revelation
C2
inspiration
C1
Revelation
C2
enlightenment
C2
end of the world
exposure
C1
the
A1
theophany
vision
B1
Apocalypse
C1

Book of Revelation

divine revelation

epiphany
C2
Last Judgment

Revelation of Saint John the Divine

pralaya

Apocalypse of John

Apocalypse of St. John

apparition
24k

Book of the Revelation of John

breath
B1
catastrophe
C1
disclosure
C2
Translations

apocalisse
apocalypse
apocalipsis
Apokalypse
apocalipse

αποκάλυψη

apocalipsi
keşif
Offenbarung
kıyamet
openbaring
Weltuntergang
apocalyps

Buch der Offenbarung

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈpɒkəlɪps/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
apocalips
In summary

From Middle English apocalips, from Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”, literally “uncovering”), from ἀπό (apó, “back, away from”) and καλύπτω (kalúptō, “I cover”). The sense evolution to "catastrophe, end of the world" stems from the depiction of such events in the biblical Book of Revelation, also called the Apocalypse of (i.e. Revelation to) John.

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