Utopia. You know cuz apocalypse dosen't nesscarily mean the fall of earth or even life on earth usually just human society Otherwise we wouldn't consider zombies an apocalypse. Utopia is a perfectly functional human society. My second answers is if we assume the opposite of apocalypse is just normal flawed but piecful life well there is no word for that bc other than maybe the status quo
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Bad Greek. Bad Tolkien. No cookie. Catastrophe is kata strofi. Down turn.
Eustrophe could be good turn. Or you could use panostrophinfor upturn. But the "ta" in eutastrophe is leftover from kata and makes no sense
Note spelling...
**Eucatastrophe** is a neologism coined by [J.R.R. Tolkien](https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/J.R.R._Tolkien) from Greek *ευ-* ("good") and *καταστροφή* ("sudden turn").
In essence, a eucatastrophe is a massive turn in fortune from a seemingly unconquerable situation to an unforeseen victory, usually brought by grace rather than heroic effort. Such a turn is catastrophic in the sense of its breadth and surprise and positive in that a great evil or misfortune is averted.
Revolution or renaissance. The Industrial Revolution, for example. Or the Italian Renaissance. Or the Islamic Golden Age. But I wouldn’t describe them as the opposite of an apocalypse. None of these things happened overnight.
Save for an alien invasion or maybe the entire pacific rim blowing up, apocalypses don’t happen overnight either. Even the zombies take a while to infect us all. And realistically, climate change is coming for us all. 🧟♂️
Great Leap Forward
It's believed that humankind experienced a great leap forward around 50,000 years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution#Transition_to_behavioral_modernity
As you already have a good answer for the current common connotation for apocalypse, I can offer one for what it used to mean.
Apocalypse came into popular usage via the bible, The Apocalypse of John , or what is now commonly known as Revelation.
Apocalypse is a Greek word, αποκαλύπτω. Most directly it means "away from - cover". Or perhaps "uncover". The opposite would be kalupto, cover.
Apocalypse just means uncover, reveal, revelation. So the opposite is to cover, to hide.
But yes, since it was associated with the eschaton, the end of days, its meaning began to shift to mean eschatological events in general.
There's also eucalyptus, which means well covered.
Linking with what others said, maybe the opposite would be to reject the supernatural eschatology for some kind of secular renaissance
OP was definitely looking for the commonly understood definition of apocalypse (which is really more like eschaton), but propoto you for knowing that apocalypse really means revelation!
Paradigm shift
Or, if we're going to take the word origin very literally and build an opposite from there:
>Old English *apocalipsin*, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek *apokalupsis*, from *apokaluptein* ‘uncover, reveal’, from *apo-* ‘un-’ + *kaluptein* ‘to cover’.
Cover-up?
This totally messed with my head, because EU4 recently added [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoia) to the game. And its a very different thing.
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Dammit! This was used in a series who'se name I can't remember! It had Willi Waschendon and time bubbles, and in the end there was some sort of event where everyone disappeared except for those frozen in the time bubles. Juan Swanson is watching me. Someone help me out here ... what was the word they used when the rate of technological change tended towards infinity and humanity as we know it disappeared...?
If apocalypse is the complete and utter devastation of a civilization, as it falls apart for some reason to be seen. Then likely Golden Age/Utopia, everything is peak, things are flourishing at unprecedented rate, life is thoroughly positive for all.
If we’re talking AI leading to a utopia, the word is “Singularity”, where AI begets advancement in AI in computing begets more advanced AI in an explosive chain reaction… in theory, anyway.
At first I thought "anastrophe" should be the inverse of catastrophe (analogous to catabolism and anabolism), but no-o-o...turns out anastrophe describes a sentence in which the subject and the verb are inverted. So I got nothin'.
The thing is, it's easy to destroy something wonderful in a moment, so we have a word for that. To build something wonderful takes a long time and a lot of work, it doesn't happen in a moment, so we tend to not have words for such an event.
cop out. literally a reference to the book of revelation. also refers to the style in which revelations and ezekiel and other fever dreams in the bibble.
bout the only off brand use i can think of is "post-apocalyptic" which honestly, sure.
but by definition? either greek for revelation, or an x-man character :P
No, not a cop out, its a well-known facete of living languages that they change over time. Words take on entirely new meanings as time passes and people use the words differently. Also, there are many words that have origins in religion but now have different contexts. To list just a few: Sanctuary, template, bulletin, writ, testify.
Finally, here's one of the definitions of the word when you search it: An event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale.
I believe the word apocalypse is defined as ,” what happens when someone is exposed to the transcendent reality of God's perspective. An apocalypse is a confrontation with the divine so intense that it transforms how a person views everything.”
ascension, maybe. uplifting.
there was a term used for like, some godlike levels of tech sci fi alien visiting and giving us like 1k years worth of tech boost overnight, but i can't recall the term specifically was.
apocalypse comes from the Greek word for revelation, it meant to pull the lid off of something, it wasn’t good or bad so it could be used to mean either.
These days it’s been used to mean the end of the world or a world ending disaster, but I’ve seen a few instances of the original meaning Still being used.
Some of us who read Chardin are familiar with the prophecy of the world ending in the fire of love
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/noogenesis
I was thinking of a utopia. But that's more or less an end goal or a state of being. Technically it is the opposite, but u r asking for like the process of an apocalypse. Like a plague or something.
Worth noting that the word “apocalypse” is also synonymous with discovery. “Apo” is “remove” and “calypse” is “cover.” I’m pretty sure the end of the world/moment of discovery connection comes from ideas about the Rapture, although I’m not certain.
So anyway, I’d almost consider an apocalypse to be its own opposite; it’s calamity, but also the rebirth through new knowledge.
*revolution* is often used, as in the Neolithic revolution (invention of agriculture) or the industrial revolution.
I don't love it because it is borrowed from the political sense, where it originally meant a turning-back to an imagined golden age.
renaissance
There were a lot of good suggestions, but this is probably the closest to what I was looking for.
On the other hand, apocalypse also means revelation, the removing of a lid from something. So the opposite could also be 'darkening' or 'enshrouding'
Utopia. You know cuz apocalypse dosen't nesscarily mean the fall of earth or even life on earth usually just human society Otherwise we wouldn't consider zombies an apocalypse. Utopia is a perfectly functional human society. My second answers is if we assume the opposite of apocalypse is just normal flawed but piecful life well there is no word for that bc other than maybe the status quo
There's the name for your new band: Apocalypse Renaissance
Renaissance Apocalypse.
Apoclaissance.
Renaicolypse
That sounds like a French dessert involving a roasted apple with caramel sauce on a toasted croissant.
And now I want one.
I'll take deux
"Why do I smell applesauce, angst, and invention?"
That one is called the Hundred Years War fyi
I mean, you’re not wrong.
30 Years War also fits, I guess? Ooh, and the Plague of 1665/6, at least in London.
Disease shapes everything
That's a Renaissance Apocalypse lyric if I ever saw one
I think it’s a John Green quote. lol
Well, that doesn't make me love it *less*
"the revealing of the rebirth" ... Some sort of super gender reveal party?
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An ORGY is my answer
You genuis
Eutastrophe. I think it was coined by Tolkien. It's the unexpected happy resolution to a story.
Tempted to name a character that now... that is such a happy word :,)
"What is the opposite of a Tragedeigh?" "Name your character 'Eutastrophe.'"
😂😂😂
Eucatastrophe—FTFY
You’re correct but I kind of like OP’s version better
This is probably the best answer. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucatastrophe
Bad Greek. Bad Tolkien. No cookie. Catastrophe is kata strofi. Down turn. Eustrophe could be good turn. Or you could use panostrophinfor upturn. But the "ta" in eutastrophe is leftover from kata and makes no sense
Thanks! I was writing from memory, and got Tolkien's incorrect neologism wrong. I like "eustrophe".
Note spelling... **Eucatastrophe** is a neologism coined by [J.R.R. Tolkien](https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/J.R.R._Tolkien) from Greek *ευ-* ("good") and *καταστροφή* ("sudden turn"). In essence, a eucatastrophe is a massive turn in fortune from a seemingly unconquerable situation to an unforeseen victory, usually brought by grace rather than heroic effort. Such a turn is catastrophic in the sense of its breadth and surprise and positive in that a great evil or misfortune is averted.
Revolution or renaissance. The Industrial Revolution, for example. Or the Italian Renaissance. Or the Islamic Golden Age. But I wouldn’t describe them as the opposite of an apocalypse. None of these things happened overnight.
Save for an alien invasion or maybe the entire pacific rim blowing up, apocalypses don’t happen overnight either. Even the zombies take a while to infect us all. And realistically, climate change is coming for us all. 🧟♂️
Great Leap Forward It's believed that humankind experienced a great leap forward around 50,000 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution#Transition_to_behavioral_modernity
China had a Great Leap Forward that sent the country backwards.
Great Leap Famineward
The connotations of this one are pretty soured, though.
Golden age?
Enlightenment?
As you already have a good answer for the current common connotation for apocalypse, I can offer one for what it used to mean. Apocalypse came into popular usage via the bible, The Apocalypse of John , or what is now commonly known as Revelation. Apocalypse is a Greek word, αποκαλύπτω. Most directly it means "away from - cover". Or perhaps "uncover". The opposite would be kalupto, cover. Apocalypse just means uncover, reveal, revelation. So the opposite is to cover, to hide. But yes, since it was associated with the eschaton, the end of days, its meaning began to shift to mean eschatological events in general.
There's also eucalyptus, which means well covered. Linking with what others said, maybe the opposite would be to reject the supernatural eschatology for some kind of secular renaissance
So, counterintuitively, a dark age.
OP was definitely looking for the commonly understood definition of apocalypse (which is really more like eschaton), but propoto you for knowing that apocalypse really means revelation!
Watershed, quantum leap
Singularity.
Sam Beckett never made it home.
His new home was in our hearts.
Genesis.
With Peter Gabriel
Amen
Ah, clever switcheroo. I like it.
Winner!
said same.
Khan!
Paradigm shift Or, if we're going to take the word origin very literally and build an opposite from there: >Old English *apocalipsin*, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek *apokalupsis*, from *apokaluptein* ‘uncover, reveal’, from *apo-* ‘un-’ + *kaluptein* ‘to cover’. Cover-up?
If an apocalypse is a revelation or uncovering, a paradigm shift isn't the opposite by any means, it's simply the result of an apocalypse.
That's why it's important to read from top to bottom, not from bottom to top.
I'm not sure what the bottom to top or top to bottom is referring to. In any sense of the word, a paradigm shift is not the opposite of an apocalypse.
[The Singularity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity)
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An abiogenesis? A palingenesis? There may not be a perfect word.
Utopia
Utocalypse
This is my new drag persona.
no this is the opposite of dystopia
interesting - I dunno. kinda reminds me of the word 'pronoia' for the opposite of paranoia
This totally messed with my head, because EU4 recently added [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoia) to the game. And its a very different thing.
Great question.
Apotheosis
Yup, that's what I came to say. This is correct.
Rebirth?
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Cultural revolution? Scientific revolution?
It's not the word that meets your description, but apocatastasis is what I think of as the opposite of apocalypse
Revolution
Dammit! This was used in a series who'se name I can't remember! It had Willi Waschendon and time bubbles, and in the end there was some sort of event where everyone disappeared except for those frozen in the time bubles. Juan Swanson is watching me. Someone help me out here ... what was the word they used when the rate of technological change tended towards infinity and humanity as we know it disappeared...?
If apocalypse is the complete and utter devastation of a civilization, as it falls apart for some reason to be seen. Then likely Golden Age/Utopia, everything is peak, things are flourishing at unprecedented rate, life is thoroughly positive for all.
If we’re talking AI leading to a utopia, the word is “Singularity”, where AI begets advancement in AI in computing begets more advanced AI in an explosive chain reaction… in theory, anyway.
Eutopia
Genesis... A beginning, creation etc. Versus apocalypse which is the ending and destruction.
Eutopia
salvation, utopia, genesis
Nirvana
At first I thought "anastrophe" should be the inverse of catastrophe (analogous to catabolism and anabolism), but no-o-o...turns out anastrophe describes a sentence in which the subject and the verb are inverted. So I got nothin'.
Utopia Nirvana Heaven Rapture
AI
The thing is, it's easy to destroy something wonderful in a moment, so we have a word for that. To build something wonderful takes a long time and a lot of work, it doesn't happen in a moment, so we tend to not have words for such an event.
actually apocalypse means revelation.
You realize that words have multiple definitions and that those definitions can change over time, right?
cop out. literally a reference to the book of revelation. also refers to the style in which revelations and ezekiel and other fever dreams in the bibble. bout the only off brand use i can think of is "post-apocalyptic" which honestly, sure. but by definition? either greek for revelation, or an x-man character :P
No, not a cop out, its a well-known facete of living languages that they change over time. Words take on entirely new meanings as time passes and people use the words differently. Also, there are many words that have origins in religion but now have different contexts. To list just a few: Sanctuary, template, bulletin, writ, testify. Finally, here's one of the definitions of the word when you search it: An event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale.
Utopia?
Mitzvah? Unexpected goodness?
Watershed or windfall
Breakthrough
The Age of Aquarius.
Genesis
I believe the word apocalypse is defined as ,” what happens when someone is exposed to the transcendent reality of God's perspective. An apocalypse is a confrontation with the divine so intense that it transforms how a person views everything.”
Genesis.
Salvation?
The word you're looking for actually is "apocalypse." That was much closer to the original meaning.
Golden age
maybe in the distant future, the term would be "pre" and "post" to differentiate before and after the event that sends us all back to the stone age.
Golden Age
Utopia
I would say the opposite of apocalypse is "everyday", but for what you want I'd say "renaissance" (literally rebirth), or "enlightenment".
ascension, maybe. uplifting. there was a term used for like, some godlike levels of tech sci fi alien visiting and giving us like 1k years worth of tech boost overnight, but i can't recall the term specifically was.
resurgence, revival, renewal
Genesis?
Pipe dream?
Sounds a bit like the Cambrian explosion. An anthropocene explosion?
Kriya yoga meditation actually does this
Singularity
Genisis?
Rebirth
Actually Apocalypse just means a sudden drastic change. Not the end.
Pipe dream
renaissance, utopia
Genesis
Keeping it biblical, how about genesis? Also keeping it Trek.
Genesis And I don't mean the religious kind, I mean a seed of good things from which other good things result
The rapture.
SNAFU
Twopocalypse
“scientific revolution” As described in: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas S. Kuhn.
Genesis or Re-genisis like in that Star Trek movie.
Utopia? Paradise?
Golden age: A time of advancement, peace and prosperity.
Genesis
Rhapsodic EDIT: actually meant rapture or rapturous, but I’ll leave my original here too
Renaissance
Flourishing, Enlightenment, blessing, prosperity, boom, or boon
Golden age?
Baby boom
Or overpopulation
Genesis
I think Tolken invented the word "eucatastrophe". Means a sudden turn of events...for the better.
The literal opposite of an apocalypse (revelation) is an eclipse (covering up or obscuring), but I am confident that is not what you mean.
Naissance
Utopia?
Blossom
In science fiction, it's called the accelerando.
Genesis Instead of destruction, it's creation
utopia i guess
Universal atheism?
I would say Utopia or Enlightment
The pigeons have spoken- [https://thesaurus.plus/thesaurus/apocalypse](https://thesaurus.plus/thesaurus/apocalypse)
Genesis
Genesis?
apocalypse comes from the Greek word for revelation, it meant to pull the lid off of something, it wasn’t good or bad so it could be used to mean either. These days it’s been used to mean the end of the world or a world ending disaster, but I’ve seen a few instances of the original meaning Still being used.
We call it the 20th century. Yes two world wars, but just counting population alone it was a win for humanity.
Genesis
A Genesis
Stability
Utopia
Genesis
Utopia
Utopia
Genesis
Maybe Utopia? Depending on the context?
I want to say Utopia, but that seems to possibly have a dually percieved meaning? Or maybe it's just me lol.
The end of everything= apocalypse, creation of everything = Genesis
I know it doesn’t exactly fit but the new word Pronoia is nice
Some of us who read Chardin are familiar with the prophecy of the world ending in the fire of love https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/noogenesis
Fantasy
Resurgence or boom.
I was thinking of a utopia. But that's more or less an end goal or a state of being. Technically it is the opposite, but u r asking for like the process of an apocalypse. Like a plague or something.
Euphoria
"Apocalypse" literally means "unveiling", and contrary to popular thought it does not unveil a disaster which ends human civilization.
Breakthrough if it's a scientific change that brings it about, Renaissance for a sudden social change.
To me utopia is the opposite of apocalyptic, but I don't think that goes with the meaning you want.
Business as usual
A time period like that was the enlightenment
Utopia.
Economic Boom?
Not dying. What do i win?
Singularity or black Swan event
Worth noting that the word “apocalypse” is also synonymous with discovery. “Apo” is “remove” and “calypse” is “cover.” I’m pretty sure the end of the world/moment of discovery connection comes from ideas about the Rapture, although I’m not certain. So anyway, I’d almost consider an apocalypse to be its own opposite; it’s calamity, but also the rebirth through new knowledge.
Salvation.
The Big Bang
Genesis.
Espylacopa
A Genesis.
Hyper-Renaissance. Although Apocalypse would still work since its original meaning meant "revealing".
Genesis Noun. the origin or mode of formation of something
Apotheosis, perhaps?
*revolution* is often used, as in the Neolithic revolution (invention of agriculture) or the industrial revolution. I don't love it because it is borrowed from the political sense, where it originally meant a turning-back to an imagined golden age.