pessimistn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpɛsᵻmɪst/, U.S.

/ˈpɛsəməst/

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

Etymology: < classical Latin pessimus worst (see pessimum n. and adj.) + -ist suffix, after optimist n. Compare French pessimiste (1789 as noun; 1819 as adjective), Spanish pesimista adjective and noun (1829 or earlier), Italian pessimista, adjective and noun (1818), German Pessimist, noun (1834).With use as adjective (see sense B.) compare optimistic adj. and later optimist adj.

A. n.

A person who is inclined to pessimism; a person who habitually takes an unhopeful or the worst view of things, or who interprets circumstances, the future, etc., unfavourably; spec. a person who holds a philosophical doctrine of pessimism. Contrasted with optimist n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > pessimism > [noun] > a pessimist

deteriorationist1816

pessimist1827

degenerationist1871

Calamity Jane1876

catastrophist1879

miserabilist1986

Debbie Downer2004

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > pessimism > pessimist

pessimist1827

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of pessimism > [noun] > adherent of

pessimist1858

1827 Times 9 Mar. 3/6 His chief associates are..Mr. Zachary Barnacle, a pessimist, and Spinks, a village tradesman.

1858 P. J. Bailey Age 174 Holding God and man both pessimists.

1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics iii. 27 The pessimist says that he condemns life because it results in more pain than pleasure.

1933 V. Brittain Test. of Youth vi. 259 Pessimists had already begun to discuss the chances of a ten-year war.

1988 Oxf. Art Jrnl. 11 31 Despite his bleak vision..Burckhardt kept an open mind; he was no doctrinaire pessimist.

2002 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 106/1 As usual, the pessimists and worst-case scenarioists are wrong.

B. adj. (attributive).

Characterized by pessimism; pessimistic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > pessimism > [adjective]

pessimist1848

pessimistic1854

miserabilistic1882

pessimistical1885

miserabilist1902

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [adjective] > pessimistic

unsanguine1728

pessimist1848

pessimistic1854

pessimistical1885

negative1895

gloom and doom1971

1848 Spectator 8 Apr. 346/2 The Quarterly Review presents a compacter narrative, in the very opposite spirit—a pessimist conception.

1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 9 [They] must have thought that I had taken a pessimist view of the situation.

1884 Manch. Examiner 2 Sept. 5/2 The amusements of the people are often the theme of pessimist laments.

1925 M. M. Bozman tr. A. Weissman Probl. Mod. Music ii. vi. 87 He borrowed the subject and underlying thought..from the pessimist philosophy of Julius Bahnsen.

1990 C. Lindey Art in Cold War (BNC) Within a Soviet context, such ‘pessimist’ content took on greater meaning.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pessimist
释义	pessimistn.adj. Brit. /ˈpɛsᵻmɪst/, U.S. /ˈpɛsəməst/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pessimus , -ist suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin pessimus worst (see pessimum n. and adj.) + -ist suffix, after optimist n. Compare French pessimiste (1789 as noun; 1819 as adjective), Spanish pesimista adjective and noun (1829 or earlier), Italian pessimista, adjective and noun (1818), German Pessimist, noun (1834).With use as adjective (see sense B.) compare optimistic adj. and later optimist adj. A. n. A person who is inclined to pessimism; a person who habitually takes an unhopeful or the worst view of things, or who interprets circumstances, the future, etc., unfavourably; spec. a person who holds a philosophical doctrine of pessimism. Contrasted with optimist n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > pessimism > [noun] > a pessimist deteriorationist1816 pessimist1827 degenerationist1871 Calamity Jane1876 catastrophist1879 miserabilist1986 Debbie Downer2004 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > pessimism > pessimist pessimist1827 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of pessimism > [noun] > adherent of pessimist1858 1827 Times 9 Mar. 3/6 His chief associates are..Mr. Zachary Barnacle, a pessimist, and Spinks, a village tradesman. 1858 P. J. Bailey Age 174 Holding God and man both pessimists. 1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics iii. 27 The pessimist says that he condemns life because it results in more pain than pleasure. 1933 V. Brittain Test. of Youth vi. 259 Pessimists had already begun to discuss the chances of a ten-year war. 1988 Oxf. Art Jrnl. 11 31 Despite his bleak vision..Burckhardt kept an open mind; he was no doctrinaire pessimist. 2002 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 106/1 As usual, the pessimists and worst-case scenarioists are wrong. B. adj. (attributive). Characterized by pessimism; pessimistic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > pessimism > [adjective] pessimist1848 pessimistic1854 miserabilistic1882 pessimistical1885 miserabilist1902 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [adjective] > pessimistic unsanguine1728 pessimist1848 pessimistic1854 pessimistical1885 negative1895 gloom and doom1971 1848 Spectator 8 Apr. 346/2 The Quarterly Review presents a compacter narrative, in the very opposite spirit—a pessimist conception. 1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 9 [They] must have thought that I had taken a pessimist view of the situation. 1884 Manch. Examiner 2 Sept. 5/2 The amusements of the people are often the theme of pessimist laments. 1925 M. M. Bozman tr. A. Weissman Probl. Mod. Music ii. vi. 87 He borrowed the subject and underlying thought..from the pessimist philosophy of Julius Bahnsen. 1990 C. Lindey Art in Cold War (BNC) Within a Soviet context, such ‘pessimist’ content took on greater meaning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1827
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