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pessimism Noun 1. the tendency to expect the worst in all things 2. the doctrine of the ultimate triumph of evil over good [Latin pessimus worst] pessimist n pessimistic adj pessimistically adv pessimism 1. the doctrine that all things naturally tend to evil. See also: Philosophy2. the doctrine that this is the worst of all possible worlds. Cf. Leibnizianism. 3. the doctrine that the evil and pain in the world outweigh goodness and happiness, and that the world is basically evil. Cf. meliorism, optimism. — pessimist, n. — pessimistic, adj. a depressed and melancholy viewpoint manifested as a disposition to hold the least hopeful opinion of conditions or behavior. See also philosophy. — pessimist, n. — pessimistic, adj. See also: Attitudes
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pessimism noun gloominess, depression, despair, gloom, cynicism, melancholy, hopelessness, despondency, dejection, glumness Translations |
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| This long sickness of pessimism is too well known to most of us to be detailed here. He was among the first thinkers of Europe to overcome the pessimism which godlessness generally brings in its wake. The underwriter, who had been trying to minimize the amount of impending loss, regrets his premature pessimism. |
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