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{{also|DOOMer|Doomer}}
==English==
===Etymology===
From {{suffix|en|doom|er|id2=ideology}}. The more recent sense was popularized via a meme, “30 Year-Old [[boomer#Etymology 2|Boomer]]”. The derivations of which are other words that end in ''-oomer'', describing various personality types.
{{suffix|en|doom|er}}▼
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈduːmə(ɹ)/}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-doomer.oga|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|uːmə(ɹ)|s=2}}
* {{homophones|en|duma}}
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
# One who believes that [[petroleum]] [[depletion]] will inevitably lead to a severe [[recession]] or [[depression]], followed by a [[Malthusian]] [[catastrophe]].
#: {{hyper|en|peaknik|peakist}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2009|author=w:David Holmgren|publisher=Chelsea Green|title=Future Scenarios|passage=Those who suggest the likely return of the four horsemen of the apocalypse (famine, pestilence, war, and death) are more vocal than ever before despite being labeled Malthusian or just "'''doomer'''."}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2015 |title=Peak Oil: Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Culture |author=Matthew Schneider-Mayerson |page=114 |ISBN=|passage={{...}} while a Minnesotan in her early thirties summed up the general influence of apocalyptic popular culture: “I think it has made me more of a '''doomer'''. {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|neologism|sometimes|capitalized}} Someone who is [[apathetic]] or has a negative [[prospect]] towards the world, especially in relation to [[climate change]].▼
#* {{quote-web|en|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/02/doomer-girl-meme-4chan-tumblr-wojak-history/605764/|title=The Misogynistic Joke That Became a Goth-Meme Fairy Tale|date=2020-02-03|author=Kaitlyn Tiffany|work=The Atlantic|passage='''Doomers''', meanwhile, are the nihilistic cousins of “Bloomers” and “Gloomers,” all three gradients of the same 20-something. Whereas Bloomers are well adjusted and Gloomers are depressed because they are not, '''Doomers''' have simply stopped trying. They are no longer pursuing friendships or relationships, and get no joy from anything because they know that the world is coming to an end.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/21/meet-the-doomers-some-young-us-voters-have-given-up-hope-on-climate|title=Meet the doomers: why some young US voters have given up hope on climate|date=2020-09-21|author=Alexandra Villarreal|work=The Guardian|passage=Tim Joung, a 20-year-old student in New York, agrees with almost everything that so-called '''doomers''' believe: individual action makes little difference, and unscrupulous corporations are at fault for climate change.}}
# {{lb|en|rare}} One who, or that which, [[doom]]s.
#* {{RQ:Lodge Rosalynde|passage=Are not the heavens '''doomers''' of men's deedes?}}▼
▲#*: Are not the heavens '''doomers''' of men's deedes?
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1869|author=Edward Bulwer Lytton|title=Prose Works|passage=That fatal look of a common intelligence, of a common assent, was exchanged among the '''doomers''' of the prisoner's life and death, as the judge concluded.}}
▲# {{lb|en|neologism}} Someone who is [[apathetic]] or has a negative [[prospect]] towards the world, especially in relation to [[climate change]].
====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|doomerism}}
====Related terms====
* {{l|en|doomist}}
* {{l|en|doomism}}
* {{l|en|gloom-and-doomer}}
===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}
* {{pedia|Malthusianism}}
* {{R:Urban Dictionary|doomer}}
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=demoor|moored|roomed}}
{{C|en|Climate change|Energy|Philosophy}}
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