pessimism

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Etymology

From Latin pessimus (“worst”), superlative of malus (“bad”).

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.

Related terms

• pessimist
• pessimistic

Antonyms

• optimism

Translations

general belief that bad things will happen

• Arabic: تشاؤم (ar) (tashaa'um) m
• Catalan: pessimisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 悲觀情緒, 悲观情绪 (bēiguān qíngxù)

• Czech: pesimismus (cs) m
• Finnish: pessimismi (fi)
• French: pessimisme (fr) m
• German: Pessimismus (de) m
• Hungarian: pesszimizmus (hu)

• Japanese: 悲観 (ja) (hikan), 悲観論 (ja) (hikan-ron), 厭世主義 (ja) (ensei-shugi)
• Korean: 비관 (ko) (bi-gwan,悲觀)
• Persian: بدبینی (fa)
• Russian: пессимизм (ru) (pessimízm) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: pesimìzam (sh) m
• Spanish: pesimismo (es) m
• Swedish: pessimism (sv) c
• Volapük: badim (vo)

doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds

• Arabic: تشاؤم (ar) (tashaa'um) m
• Catalan: pessimisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 悲觀主義 (cmn), 悲观主义 (cmn) (bēiguān zhǔyì)

• Finnish: pessimismi (fi)
• French: pessimisme (fr) m

• German: Pessimismus (de) m
• Hungarian: pesszimizmus (hu)
• Japanese: 悲観論 (ja) (hikan-ron)
• Russian: пессимизм (ru) (pessimízm) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: pesimìzam (sh) m
• Volapük: badim (vo)

External links

• pessimism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• pessimism in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• pessimism at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Swedish

Noun

pessimism c

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

Related terms

• pessimist
• pessimistisk

Antonyms

• optimism

Declension

Declension of pessimism

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	pessimism	pessimismen
genitive	pessimisms	pessimismens