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As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective apocalyptic is

of or relating to an apocalypse:.

As a noun apocalyptic is

one who predicts apocalypse.

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Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    apocalyptic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to an apocalypse:
  • # Of or relating to an apocalypse (a revelation), revelatory; prophetic.
  • #* 1985', Donald A. Hagner, ''Apocalyptic Motifs in the Gospel of Matthew: Continuity and Discontinuity'', quoted in '''2007 by Jonathan T. Pennington in ''Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew , page 92:
  • "From beginning to end, and throughout, the Gospel makes such frequent use of apocalyptic' motifs and the '''apocalyptic''' viewpoint that it deserves to be called the '''''apocalyptic Gospel ."
  • #* 2002 , Peter W. Smith, In the Day of the Lord: The Exciting and Promised Fulfillment , page 7:
  • This was because apocalyptic stories — from the Greek word apohalupsis which means “reveal” — uses the vocabulary of symbols and numbers and contains concealed messages that secular listeners cannot comprehend.
  • # Of or relating to an apocalypse (a disaster).
  • #* 2001 , Richard A. Horsley, Hearing the whole story: the politics of plot in Mark's gospel , page 122:
  • In fact, interpreters commonly declare that Mark is an "apocalyptic " Gospel. When they read Jesus' long speech toward the end of the Gospel (chap. 13), they even detect a veritable "apocalypse": "Wars and rumors of wars, "
  • #* 2010 , Philip Leroy Culbertson, Elaine Mary Wainwright, Bible in popular culture , page 184:
  • These bookends house a wealth of apocalyptic stories. The Bible, like some street preacher with a sign, shouts, “The end is near!”
  • Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation or doom).
  • (nonstandard) Eggcorn of apoplectic.
    • He was apocalyptically furious.

    Antonyms

    * nonapocalyptic

    Derived terms

    * apocalyptical * apocalypticist * apocalypticalist (rare) * post-apocalyptic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who predicts apocalypse.

    • Synonyms

    * apocalypticist * doomsayer