pessimism
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- Scrabble points
- 15
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- 18
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- 9
Definition of pessimism
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)A general belief that bad things will happen.
“T2 isn’t as good as T1: it is a little too long and unwinds a bit into caper sentimentality, broad comedy and self-mythologising. But it has the same punchy energy, the same defiant pessimism, and there’s nothing around like it. This sequel was a high-wire act, but Boyle has made it to the other side.”
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noun
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(uncountable, usually)A general belief that bad things will happen.
“T2 isn’t as good as T1: it is a little too long and unwinds a bit into caper sentimentality, broad comedy and self-mythologising. But it has the same punchy energy, the same defiant pessimism, and there’s nothing around like it. This sequel was a high-wire act, but Boyle has made it to the other side.”
- (uncountable, usually)The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.
- (uncountable, usually)The condition of being pessimal.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French pessimisme, from Latin pessimus (“worst”) + -ism, superlative of malus (“bad”). As a doctrine, from German Pessimismus as used by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in 1819.
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