pessimism

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (uncountable, usually) A general belief that bad things will happen.
2. (uncountable, usually) The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.
3. (uncountable, usually) The condition of being pessimal.

Konzepte

Pessimismus

Pessismismus

Lebensüberdruss

pessimistische Lebensanschauung

Schwarzseherei

traurige Gedanken

Schwarzmalerei

Melancholie

Schwarzsehen

Weltschmerz

Synonyme

cynicism

disappointment

despair

gloom

nihilism

hopelessness

misanthropy

negativism

passiveness

sarcasm

suspiciousness

in despair

well now

weariness with life

pessimistic view of life

contempt

prostation

dejection

despondence

dread

gloominess

melancholy

Übersetzungen

pessimisme

pesimismo

pessimismo

pessimisme

pessimismo

pessimisme

zwaartillendheid

απαισιοδοξία

kötümserlik

karamsarlık

πεσιμισμός

zwartgalligheid

تشاؤم

pesimizm

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈpɛsɪmɪzəm/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From French pessimisme, from Latin pessimus (“worst”) + -ism, superlative of malus (“bad”).
As a doctrine, from German Pessimismus as used by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in 1819.