/ ˈpesɪmɪzəm; NAmE / noun
[ U ] pessimism (about / over sth) a feeling that bad things will happen and that sth will not be successful; the tendency to have this feeling :
There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects.
OPP optimism
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent.: from Latin pessimus worst, on the pattern of optimism .