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pessimismpes‧si‧mi‧sm /ˈpesəmɪzəm/ noun [uncountable] pessimismOrigin: 1700-1800 French pessimisme, from Latin pessimus ‘worst’ - A mood of pessimism had lodged in him.
- How could a philosophy of government that flew in the face of liberal pessimism win votes?
- In July, with a seeming disavowal of his earlier pessimism, he pushed the market up.
- In May, with the sudden spectre of civil war, pessimism turned to panic.
- The big firms reckon that this pessimism is overdone.
- This is not a sign of pessimism, but rather of realism.
- Veblen thus precipitated the doubts and pessimism which lurked in the central tradition.
- Your optimism is admirable, Mr Barnett, the more so since pessimism is, I suspect, your natural mood.
a tendency to believe that bad things will happen OPP optimismpessimism about/over There is deep pessimism about the future. |