pejorismn.

Brit.

/ˈpiːdʒərɪz(ə)m/,

/ˈpɛdʒərɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈpidʒəˌrɪz(ə)m/,

/ˈpɛdʒəˌrɪz(ə)m/

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

Etymology: < classical Latin pēior worse (see pejorate v.) + -ism suffix, after pessimism n.

The belief that the world is becoming worse.

ΘΚΠ

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

pejorism1878

1878 F. M. Müller Hibbert Lect. vii. 371 Man has believed in pessimism, he has hardly ever believed in pejorism.

1910 R. Brooke Let. 7 Nov. (1968) 261 Pejorism is the Art of thinking things Worse than they Are in order that you may thereby be the more powerfully impelled to Better them.

1954 S. G. Brown First Republicans vi. 170 Jefferson counters Adams's studied pejorism with an equally studied meliorism.

1994 Re: Quality of Writing on the Net in misc.writing (Usenet newsgroup) 30 Jan. The notion that computers and CMC represent some kind of disaster for ‘the art of writing in America’ seems to me the usual middlebrow pejorism.

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

单词	pejorism
释义	pejorismn. Brit. /ˈpiːdʒərɪz(ə)m/, /ˈpɛdʒərɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpidʒəˌrɪz(ə)m/, /ˈpɛdʒəˌrɪz(ə)m/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pēior , -ism suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin pēior worse (see pejorate v.) + -ism suffix, after pessimism n. The belief that the world is becoming worse. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of pessimism > [noun] > pejorism pejorism1878 1878 F. M. Müller Hibbert Lect. vii. 371 Man has believed in pessimism, he has hardly ever believed in pejorism. 1910 R. Brooke Let. 7 Nov. (1968) 261 Pejorism is the Art of thinking things Worse than they Are in order that you may thereby be the more powerfully impelled to Better them. 1954 S. G. Brown First Republicans vi. 170 Jefferson counters Adams's studied pejorism with an equally studied meliorism. 1994 Re: Quality of Writing on the Net in misc.writing (Usenet newsgroup) 30 Jan. The notion that computers and CMC represent some kind of disaster for ‘the art of writing in America’ seems to me the usual middlebrow pejorism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878
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