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judgement day

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The final trial of all humankind, both the living and the dead, by God expected to take place at the end of the world, when each is rewarded or punished according to their merits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Judaism, capitalized, sometimes

Topics: Christianity, Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apocalypse, Armageddon, day of judgment, doomsday, Final Judgment, final reckoning, Great Assize, Last Judgment

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Judgment Day, Day of Judgment, Day of Judgement, Doomsday, Last Judgment, Last Judgement, Last Day, eschaton, day of reckoning, crack of doom, end of the world

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: day

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: يَوْم الْحِسَاب (yawm al-ḥisāb) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Arabic: يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَة (yawmu l-qiyāma) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Arabic: يَوْمُ الدِّين (yawmu d-dīn) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Belarusian: су́дны дзень (súdny dzjenʹ) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Belarusian: стра́шны суд (strášny sud) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Bulgarian: стра́шен съд (strášen sǎd) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Bulgarian: съ́ден ден (sǎ́den den) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Chinese Mandarin: 審判日 /审判日 (shěnpànrì) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Ngazidja Comorian: ntsihu ya kiyama — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Ngazidja Comorian: usiku wa kiyama — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Czech: poslední soud — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Czech: soudný den — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Danish: dommedag — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Dutch: dag des oordeels — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Finnish: tuomiopäivä — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • French: jour du jugement — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • French: jugement dernier — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Galician: día do Xuízo Final — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Georgian: განკითხვის დღე (ganḳitxvis dɣe) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • German: Jüngster Tag — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • German: Jüngstes Gericht — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • German: Tag des Jüngsten Gerichts — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • German: Tag der Auferstehung — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Greek: ημέρα της κρίσης (iméra tis krísis) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Hungarian: végítélet — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Hungarian: utolsó ítélet — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Indonesian: hari kiamat — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Indonesian: yaumuddin — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Irish: Lá an Bhreithiúnais — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Italian: giorno del giudizio universale — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Japanese: 最後の審判 (saigo no shinpan) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Kazakh: ғарасат күні (ğarasat künı) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Korean: 최후의 심판 (choehu-ui simpan) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Latvian: Pastardiena — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Macedonian: су́ден ден (súden den) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Macedonian: стра́шен суд (strášen sud) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Maltese: jum il-ġudizzju — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Maltese: jum il-ħaqq — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Nogai: кыямет (kıyamet) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dommedag — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dommens dag — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Persian: رستاخیز (rastâxiz) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Persian: روز حساب (ruz-e hesâb) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Plautdietsch: Jerechtsdach — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Polish: dzień sądu — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Polish: sąd ostateczny — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Portuguese: dia do Juízo Final — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Russian: су́дный день (súdnyj denʹ) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Russian: стра́шный суд (strášnyj sud) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Serbo-Croatian: суднји дан — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Serbo-Croatian: страшни суд — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Serbo-Croatian: sudnji dan — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Serbo-Croatian: strašni sud — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Slovak: posledný súd — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Slovak: súdny deň — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Slovene: sodni dan — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Spanish: día del Juicio Final — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Swedish: domedag — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Tagalog: Araw ng Paghuhukom — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Thai: วันแห่งการพิพากษา (wan-hɛ̀ng-gaan-pí-pâak-sǎa) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Turkish: hesap günü — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Turkish: kıyamet — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Turkish: kıyamet günü — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Turkish: mahşer günü — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Ukrainian: су́дний день (súdnyj denʹ) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Ukrainian: страшни́й суд (strašnýj sud) — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world
  • Welsh: dydd y farn — final trial of all humankind at the end of the world