About The Word Pessimism
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Pessimism
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What's The Definition Of Pessimism?
[n] a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things
[n] the feeling that things will turn out badly Synonyms | Synonyms for Pessimism: Related Terms | Find terms related to Pessimism: anxiety | apprehension | blank despondency | cliff-hanging | cynicism | death wish | defeatism | dejectedness | dejection | depression | despair | despondency | despondentness | discouragement | disheartenment | dismalness | dispiritedness | down trip | downcastness | downer | downheartedness | dread | drooping spirits | expectant waiting | gloominess | gloomy outlook | heartlessness | hopelessness | low spirits | lowness | lowness of spirit | malaise | malism | negativism | nihilism | oppression | retreatism | Schmerz | self-destructive urge | sinking heart | Slough of Despond | spiritlessness | suicidal despair | suspense | taedium vitae | uncertainty | uncheerfulness | waiting | weariness of life See Also | cynicism | despair | disposition | temperament Pessimism In Webster's Dictionary \Pes"si*mism\, n. [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 things.
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