apocalyptic

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Apocalyptic is from {{langx|grc|{{wikt-lang|grc|ἀποκάλυψις}}|{{grc-transl|ἀποκάλυψις}}|}} meaning "an unveiling or unfolding of things not previously known and which could not be known apart from the unveiling, revelation".

Apocalyptic may also refer to:

• Apocalyptic literature, a genre of religious writing
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, a subgenre of science fiction, science fantasy or horror fiction involving global catastrophic risk
• Apocalypticism, the belief that the end of time is near
• Apocalyptic (album), a 2010 album by the Swedish death metal band Evocation
• "Apocalyptic" (song), a 2015 song by the American hard rock band Halestorm