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Definition of Doomsayers
1. doomsayer [n] - See also: doomsayer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doomsayers
Literary usage of Doomsayers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How the World Will Change With Global Warming by Trausti Valsson (2006)
"Technological solutions proved the doomsayers wrong. ... The human condition
seems to include a certain love of doomsayers; they attract attention and tend ..."
2. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"... particularly in Central America. Many questioned the wisdom of holding these
hearings. I believe that once again the doomsayers were proven ..."
3. Sea-Changes: American foreign policy in a world transformed by Nicholas X. Rizopoulos (1990)
"Despite the doomsayers, the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975 not only failed to
trigger the falling of the rest of the dominoes but, indeed, ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1985 doomsayers ... have been warning us that we ain't seen nothing yet —Louis
Rukeyser, “Wall Street Week” (PBS television), 13 Mar. ..."
5. Adventure Guide to Anguilla Antigua St. Barts St. Kitts St. Martin Including by Paris Permenter, John Bigley (2000)
"When word went out that the Four Seasons was coming to Nevis, doomsayers predicted
the end of the quaint atmosphere for which Nevis is known. ..."
6. The Great Limbaugh Con: And Other Right-Wing Assaults on Common Sense by Charles M. Kelly (1994)
"In their book, Megatrends 2000, John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene expressed
contempt for the "doomsayers in our midst." With characteristic understatement ..."
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