pessimism : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pessimism	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pessimism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pessimism n the feeling that things will turn out badly [ant: optimism] a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things Antonym(s): optimism
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pessimism \Pes"si*mism\, n. [L. pessimus worst, superl. of pejor worse: cf. F. pessimisme. Cf. {Impair}.] 1. (Metaph.) The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the world is wholly evil; -- opposed to {optimism}. 2. A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.