pessimisme

Catalan

Pronunciation

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Noun

pessimisme m (uncountable)

1. pessimism

   Antonym: optimisme

Related terms

• pèssim
• pessimista

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pessimismus or French pessimisme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.siˈmɪs.mə/

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• Hyphenation: pes‧si‧mis‧me
• Rhymes: -ɪsmə

Noun

pessimisme n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. pessimism

   Synonym: optimisme

Related terms

• pessimist
• pessimistisch

Descendants

• → Indonesian: pesimisme

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “pessimisme”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

French

Etymology

From Latin pessimus (“worst”) + -isme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.si.mism/

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Noun

pessimisme m (plural pessimismes)

1. pessimism (general belief that bad things will happen)

   Antonym: optimisme

Related terms

• pessimiste

Descendants

• → Turkish: pesimizm

Further reading

• “pessimisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin pessimus.

Noun

pessimisme m (definite singular pessimismen)

1. pessimism

Antonyms

• optimisme

Related terms

• pessimist
• pessimistisk

References

• “pessimisme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin pessimus.

Noun

pessimisme m (definite singular pessimismen)

1. pessimism

Antonyms

• optimisme

Related terms

• pessimist
• pessimistisk

References

• “pessimisme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.