doomsday

Event leading to Earth or Humanity become extinct

EntityQ1036775

Also known as End of the World · apocalypse · world-ending event

Subclass of: occurrence
, future event

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A global catastrophic risk or a doomsday scenario is a hypothetical event that could damage human well-being on a global scale, endangering or even destroying modern civilization. Existential risk is a related term limited to events that could cause full-blown human extinction or permanently and drastically curtail humanity's existence or potential.

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Different from: apocalypse
eschaton
Studied by: eschatology
Has characteristic: doom
Partially coincident with: global catastrophic risks

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