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pessimism

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Etymology

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FromFrenchpessimisme, fromLatinpessimus(“worst”) +‎-ism, superlative ofmalus(“bad”).As a doctrine, fromGermanPessimismus as used by the German philosopherArthur Schopenhauer in 1819.

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Noun

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pessimism (usuallyuncountable,pluralpessimisms)

  1. A generalbelief that bad things willhappen.
    Hyponym:declinism
    • 2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:
      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 defiantpessimism, and there’s nothing around like it. This sequel was a high-wire act, but Boyle has made it to the other side.
  2. Thedoctrine that thisworld is the worst of all possible worlds.
  3. (computing) The condition of beingpessimal.

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Translations

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general belief that bad things will happen
doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds

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Swedish

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Noun

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pessimism c

  1. pessimism; a generalbelief that bad things willhappen
    Antonym:optimism

Declension

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Declension ofpessimism
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitepessimismpessimisms
definitepessimismenpessimismens
pluralindefinite——
definite——

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