Associations to the word «Pessimism»
Noun
Wiktionary
PESSIMISM, noun. A general belief that bad things will happen.
PESSIMISM, noun. The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.
Dictionary definition
PESSIMISM, noun. The feeling that things will turn out badly.
PESSIMISM, noun. A general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.