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Webster 1913 Edition
Pessimism
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)
- A general belief that bad things will happen.
- The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.
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Translations
general belief that bad things will happen
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doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds
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Swedish
Noun
pessimism c
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Declension
Declension of pessimism
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| Common | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative | pessimism | pessimismen | ||
| genitive | pessimisms | pessimismens | ||