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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.  |