Definition of pessimism Pessimism
/pɛˈsʌmɪˌzʌm/ - [pesumizum] - pes•si•mism
We found 10 definitions of pessimism from 7 different sources.
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What does pessimism mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: pessimisms |
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| pessimism - the feeling that things will turn out badly | ||
| optimism a general disposition to expect the best in all things | ||
| despair the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well; "they moaned in despair and dismay"; "one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair" | ||
| pessimism - a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things | ||
| temperament, disposition an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pessimism (n.)
The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the world is wholly evil; -- opposed to optimism. - pessimism (n.)
A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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pessimism
A belief that the experienced world is the worst possible.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pessimism
pes′i-mizm, n. the doctrine that on the whole the world is bad rather than good: a temper of mind that looks too much on the dark side of things: a depressing view of life.—v.i. Pess′imise.—n. Pess′imist, one who believes that everything is tending to the worst: one who looks too much on the dark side of things—opp. to Optimist.—adjs. Pessimis′tic, -al. [L. pessimus, worst.]
Wikipedia 
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Pessimism is a philosophy and a way to see things in life. Pessimists believe, that generally things are bad. The world people live in is the worst possible world. In philosophy, pessimism often describes the ideas of Arthur Schopenhauer.
Someone who uses the philosophy is called a pessimist, they are the opposite of an optimist
An example of pessimism is seeing that a glass of water is "half empty", not "half full".
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🔤- pessimism, noun, singular of pessimisms.
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