Found 3 items, similar to Pessimism.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: pessimism
pesimisme
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pessimism
pessimism
n 1: the feeling that things will turn out badly [ant:
optimism]
2: a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect
the worst in all things [ant:
optimism]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pessimism
Pessimism
\Pes"si*mism\, n. [L. pessimus worst, superl. of pejor
worse: cf. F. pessimisme. Cf.
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
optimism.
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2. A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.
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