pessimism

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

pesimismo

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

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kötümserlik

απαισιοδοξία

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πεσιμισμός

karamsarlık

zwartgalligheid

تشاؤم

pessimisme

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpɛsɪmɪzəm/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.