PESSIMISM


Meaning of PESSIMISM in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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.

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