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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pes•si•mism /ˈpɛsəˌmɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the tendency to see only what is gloomy, or to expect the worst possible outcome.
pes•si•mist, n. [countable]The pessimist sees a glass of water that is filled halfway and considers the glass to be half-empty; the optimist sees the same glass and thinks of it as half-full. pes•si•mis•tic, adj. pes•si•mis•ti•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pes•si•mism (pes′ə miz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - the tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad or undesirable outcomes, results, conditions, problems, etc.:His pessimism about the future of our country depresses me.
- the doctrine that the existing world is the worst of all possible worlds, or that all things naturally tend to evil.
- the belief that the evil and pain in the world are not compensated for by goodness and happiness.
- Latin pessim(us), suppletive superlative of malus bad + -ism; modeled on optimism
- 1785–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pessimism /ˈpɛsɪˌmɪzəm/ n - the tendency to expect the worst and see the worst in all things
- the doctrine of the ultimate triumph of evil over good
- the doctrine that this world is corrupt and that man's sojourn in it is a preparation for some other existence
Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin pessimus worst, from malus badˈpessimist n ˌpessiˈmistic, rare ˌpessiˈmistical adj ˌpessiˈmistically adv |