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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
doomsayer
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Doomsayers predict that one day California will tumble into the sea.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In short, it was a rout of the doomsayers and a vindication of the architects of Desert Storm.
▪ Some of these doomsayers make good money from their false warnings.
▪ What these entities ultimately accomplish may be academic; but their mere existence should give doomsayers cause for hope.
▪ When the Cats slipped to fifth in a tough Pac-10 race, the doomsayers fired up their engines.
▪ Yet the place invariably confounds its doomsayers.
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doomsayer

n. One who makes dire predictions about the future; one who predicts doom.

Wikipedia
Doomsayer

Doomsayer can be:

  • A doomer or peaknik (believer in drastic consequences from the peak oil theory)
  • A character class in Deadlands: Hell on Earth
  • A person or doomsday cult claiming a doomsday prediction

Usage examples of "doomsayer".

The worst doomsayers claimed that there was something radically wrong with the entire system, and that the government was going to close down the whole IE operation.

She and the tank echeloned to the right behind her, Doomsayer, were buttoned up.