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miserabilism

noun
/ˈmɪzɹəbəlɪz(ə)m/UK

Etymology

From German Miserabilismus, French misérabilisme, corresponding to miserable + -ism.

  1. derived from miserabilis
  2. borrowed from miserable
  3. suffixed as miserabilism — “miserable + ism”

Definitions

  1. A tendency to take a miserable or pessimistic view on life

    A tendency to take a miserable or pessimistic view on life; a consistently miserable outlook, negativity.

    • Parlementary ideas invariably evinced that most thoroughgoing national miserabilism which had impressed poor Damiens [...].
    • Nobody will ever 'fix' the internet, just as nobody will ever fix the world. But this has never justified giving in to miserabilism about life offline.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA