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Pessimism

Pes′si-mism

,
Noun.
[L.
pessimus
worst, superl. of
pejor
worse: cf. F.
pessimisme
. Cf.
Impair
.]
1.
(Metaph.)
The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the world is wholly evil; – opposed to
optimism
.
2.
A disposition to take the least hopeful view of a situation.

Definition 2024


pessimism

pessimism

English

Noun

pessimism (usually uncountable, plural pessimisms)

  1. A general belief that bad things will happen.
  2. The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.

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Swedish

Noun

pessimism c

  1. pessimism; a general belief that bad things will happen

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Declension