pessimism

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French pessimisme, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pessimus (worst), superlative of malus (bad). As a doctrine, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Pessimismus as used by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in 1819.

Noun

pessimism (usually uncountable, plural pessimisms)

  1. A general belief that bad things will happen.
  2. The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.
  3. (computing) The condition of being pessimal.

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Noun

pessimism c

  1. pessimism; a general belief that bad things will happen

Declension

Declension of pessimism 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative pessimism pessimismen
Genitive pessimisms pessimismens

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