pessimism
English
Etymology
From French pessimisme, from Latin pessimus (“worst”), superlative of malus (“bad”). As a doctrine, from German Pessimismus as used by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in 1819.
Noun
pessimism (usually uncountable, plural pessimisms)
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Translations
general belief that bad things will happen
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doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds
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Further reading
- pessimism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pessimism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- pessimism at OneLook Dictionary Search
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of pessimism | ||||
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| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | pessimism | pessimismen | — | — |
| Genitive | pessimisms | pessimismens | — | — |
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