malismn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪlɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪlɪzəm/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin malus , -ism suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin malus bad (see mal- prefix) + -ism suffix, after pessimism n. Compare slightly earlier malist n. Compare also bonism n.

Now rare.

The doctrine that this world, although not the worst of all possible worlds, is a bad one.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > pessimism > [noun] > doctrine that the world is evil

malism1883

1883 Edgeworth in Academy 17 Mar. 182/3 Mr. Barlow decides in favour of Pessimism, or rather ‘Malism’, the preponderance of evil over good.

1883 H. Goodwin Sci. & Faith 243 Malism, to use a convenient expression, is acknowledged on all hands; while against pessimism [etc.].

1887 T. K. Cheyne Job & Solomon 201 Koheleth, though theoretically perhaps an optimist, constantly relapses into a more congenial ‘malism’.

1896 L. A. Tollemache B. Jowett (ed. 2) 91 Jowett's optimism verges on pessimism, or, let us say, his bonism verges on malism.

1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. IV. 2651/1 Malism, the philosophic doctrine that the world is an evil place; pessimism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	malism
释义	malismn. Brit. /ˈmeɪlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmeɪlɪzəm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin malus , -ism suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin malus bad (see mal- prefix) + -ism suffix, after pessimism n. Compare slightly earlier malist n. Compare also bonism n. Now rare. The doctrine that this world, although not the worst of all possible worlds, is a bad one. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > pessimism > [noun] > doctrine that the world is evil malism1883 1883 Edgeworth in Academy 17 Mar. 182/3 Mr. Barlow decides in favour of Pessimism, or rather ‘Malism’, the preponderance of evil over good. 1883 H. Goodwin Sci. & Faith 243 Malism, to use a convenient expression, is acknowledged on all hands; while against pessimism [etc.]. 1887 T. K. Cheyne Job & Solomon 201 Koheleth, though theoretically perhaps an optimist, constantly relapses into a more congenial ‘malism’. 1896 L. A. Tollemache B. Jowett (ed. 2) 91 Jowett's optimism verges on pessimism, or, let us say, his bonism verges on malism. 1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. IV. 2651/1 Malism, the philosophic doctrine that the world is an evil place; pessimism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1883
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