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miserabilism
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miserabilism [ˈmɪzərəbɪlˌɪzəm ˈmɪzrə-], miserablism [ˈmɪzərəˌblɪzəm ˈmɪzrə-]
n
the quality of seeming to enjoy being depressed, or the type of gloomy music, art, etc., that evokes this
miserabilism
the philosophy of pessimism.
See also: Philosophy
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Like generations of sad adolescents I loved the Mancunian miserabilists with their songs of woe.
And heaven knows he's miserable now by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
BERNARD SUMNER Before the tragic suicide of Ian Curtis in 1980, Sumner was the guitarist in legendary Manchester miserabilists Joy Division.
THRUST CENTRE STAGE by The Mirror (London, England)
Don't mistake that starkness for depression, it's a vibrant and alive sound, full of a happiness that is not associated with two generations of Mancunian miserabilists from Ian Curtis to Morrissey.
Let's hear it for the North/South divide by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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