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pessimisms

pessimisms is the plural of pessimism.

Meaning of pessimism

Noun

pessimism (usually uncountable, plural pessimisms)

  1. (usually) A general belief that bad things will happen.
    • Bourgeois novels were full of pessimism, their authors had sold out to capitalism and their heroes were mostly thieves, prostitutes, spies, and hooligans.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in...
  2. (usually) The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.
  3. (usually) The condition of being pessimal.

Questions about pessimisms

What is pessimisms the plural of?
Pessimisms is the plural of pessimism.

Words near pessimisms in the dictionary

  1. pessimise
  2. pessimised
  3. pessimises
  4. pessimising
  5. pessimism
  6. pessimisms
  7. pessimist
  8. pessimistic
  9. pessimistic concurrencies
  10. pessimistic concurrency
  11. pessimistic time

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