Definizione monolingua

apocalypse

apocalypse (plural apocalypses)

1. A revelation. [from 14th c.]

   The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.

2. (Christianity) The events prophesied in the Revelation of John; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction. [from 19th c.]
3. A disaster; a cataclysmic event. [from 19th c.]
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 699:

     The Spanish mission in America soon became not so much crusade as apocalypse.

Definizione dizionario apocalypse

	apocalisse
	end of life on earth
	event with very serious consequences

Altri significati:

An event with very serious consequences.

(uncountable) The end of life on earth or all.

a revealing or revelation

revealing or revelation