1) Bad ideas 2) Dejection 3) Depression 4) Despair 5) Disparagement 6) Distrust 7) Doubt 8) French word used in English 9) Misery 10) Moodiness 11) Sarcasm 12) Scepticism 13) Scorn 14) Suspicion 15) Unhappiness
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1) Cynicism 2) Gloom and doom 3) Sadness
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- the feeling that things will turn out badly
- a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things
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Pessimism is a state of mind in which one anticipates undesirable outcomes or believes that the evil or hardships in life outweigh the good or luxuries. Value judgments may vary dramatically between individuals, even when judgments of fact are undisputed. The most common example of this phenomenon is the `Is the glass half empty or half full?` s.....
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• (n.) A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things. • (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.
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(from the article `Schopenhauer, Arthur`) German philosopher, often called the `philosopher of pessimism,` who was primarily important as the exponent of a metaphysical doctrine of the will ... ...went through many editions. Notable for the diversity of its contents, its many concrete examples, and its vigorous and lucid styl...
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Pes'si·mism noun [ Latin pessimus worst, superl. of pejor worse: confer French pessimisme . Confer Impair .] 1. (Metaph.) 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
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Type: Term Pronunciation: pes′i-mizm Definitions: 1. A tendency to see or anticipate the worst.
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n] - the feeling that things will turn out badly 2. [n] - a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things
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pessimism 1. A general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things. 2. A tendency to see only the negative or worst aspects of all things and to expect only bad or unpleasant things to happen. 3. A tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view of a situation. 4. The doctrine ...
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noun a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things
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(Lat. pessimus, the worst) The attitude gained by reflection on life, man, and the world (psychiatrically explained as due to neurotic or other physiological conditions, economically to over-population, mechanization, rampant utilitarianism; religiously to lack of faith; etc.) which makes a person gloomy, despondent, magnifying evil and sorrow, or....
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