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pessimism

/'pɛsə,mɪzəm/

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noun
a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things
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Opposite:

optimism

type of:
disposition temperament
noun
the feeling that things will turn out badly
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Opposite:

optimism

type of:
despair

Definition that contains pessimism

pessimistically with pessimism; in a pessimistic manner
film noir a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters