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pessimism

noun
/ˈpɛsɪmɪzəm/

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.

  1. derived from Pessimismus as used by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in 1819
  2. derived from pessimisme

Definitions

  1. A general belief that bad things will happen.

  2. The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.

  3. The condition of being pessimal.

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Derived

Afro-pessimism, cultural pessimism, cyberpessimism, ecopessimism, Europessimism, heteropessimism, Judeopessimism, overpessimism, technopessimism

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