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Antonyms for pessimism

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pes-uh-miz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛs əˌmɪz əm

Definition of pessimism

Origin :
  • 1794 "worst condition possible," borrowed (by Coleridge) from French pessimisme, formed (on model of French optimisme) from Latin pessimus "worst," originally "bottom-most," from PIE *ped-samo-, superlative of root *pes- "foot" (see foot (n.)). As a name given to the doctrines of Schopenhauer, Hartmann, etc., that this is the worst possible world, or that everything tends toward evil, it is first recorded 1835, from German pessimismus (Schopenhauer, 1819). The attempt to make a verb of it as pessimize (1862) did not succeed.
  • noun belief in bad outcome
Example sentences :
  • His pessimism about his play caused him to exaggerate the enormity of his offences.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • He was acquainted with that more or less literary form of pessimism.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • Away, for the time, went Jed's pessimism and his hopeless musings.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • In other words, she may have married Mr. Jackson in a fit of pessimism.
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
  • His disbelief and his pessimism were identical in their structure.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • We have found that, properly understood, there is nothing in it to evoke our pessimism.
  • Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis
  • It stands for hate—also for gloom, depression, pessimism, etc.
  • Extract from : « The Human Aura » by Swami Panchadasi
  • Turkey's entrance into the European concert fills him with pessimism.
  • Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 » by Henry Baerlein
  • The superintendent did not take the pessimism too seriously.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • Of all forms of pessimism, the metaphysical form was, for a historian, the least enticing.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams

Synonyms for pessimism

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