pessimism
English Thesaurus
1. a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things (noun.attribute)
2. the feeling that things will turn out badly (noun.feeling)
| hypernym | : | despair, |
| definition | : | the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | cynicism, |
| definition | : | a cynical feeling of distrust (noun.feeling) |
3. a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things (noun.attribute)
| antonym | : | optimism, |
| definition | : | a general disposition to expect the best in all things (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | pessimist, |
| definition | : | a person who expects the worst (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | pessimistic, |
| definition | : | expecting the worst possible outcome (adj.all) |
4. the feeling that things will turn out badly (noun.feeling)
| antonym | : | optimism, |
| definition | : | the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | pessimist, |
| definition | : | a person who expects the worst (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | pessimistic, |
| definition | : | expecting the worst possible outcome (adj.all) |
5. a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things (noun.attribute)
| antonym | : | optimism, |
| definition | : | a general disposition to expect the best in all things (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | pessimist, |
| definition | : | a person who expects the worst (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | pessimistic, |
| definition | : | expecting the worst possible outcome (adj.all) |
6. the feeling that things will turn out badly (noun.feeling)
| antonym | : | optimism, |
| definition | : | the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | pessimist, |
| definition | : | a person who expects the worst (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | pessimistic, |
| definition | : | expecting the worst possible outcome (adj.all) |
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