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Pessimism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Pessimism has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the feeling that things will turn out badly

2

a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things

3

A general belief that bad things will happen.

See Also
pessimistic schopenhauerian pessimist pessimal doctrine meliorism afro pessimism pessimize
Related Terms
Antonyms
optimism
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
despair disposition
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
cynicism
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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