cosmocide
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The destruction of planet Earth, especially as a result of human activity.
noun
The destruction of the universe.
Example Sentences
- "The Worldwatch scientists said — as many others do — that we are already well on the way toward ecological cosmocide."
- "Reflecting upon the effects of the current crisis of masculinity, Sam Keen asks: Why has the gender that gave us the Sistine Chapel brought us to the edge of cosmocide?"
- "A nuclear strike upon the major cities of the western world — Berlin, London, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Seattle, and many others, will will ^([sic]) result in a massive thermo-nuclea ^([sic]) war and throw the world on the verge of annihilation and cosmocide."
- "A mixed-up, unhappy and fearful world in chaos, divided against itself, filled with heartaches, frustrations, broken homes, juvenile delinquency, crime, insanity, racial hatreds, riots and violence, wars and death; devoid of honesty, truth andjustice; now facing extinction by man-inflicted cosmocide—that is the fruit of modern education."
- "The removal of all potential—both good and evil—from the universe would have dire consequences. It would be both effective cosmocide—the destruction of a cosmos which was/is energized by holy potential—and, as well, akin to Divine suicide, since holy quest for potential is at the epicenter of the Divine."
- "This Biscuitoid Cosmocide may sound like a particularly egregious case of nihilistically bad manners, but it is our only hope. Once the universe is nipped in the bud it will be impossible for the BisQuit to occur, thus saving the universe: By preemptively destroying reality the destruction of reality is itself destroyed, allowing the universe to continue to exist!"
Etymology
From cosmo- + -cide.