pessimism

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A general belief that bad things will happen. uncountable,usually
    — T2 isn’t as good as T1: it is a little too long and unwinds a bit into caper sentimentality, broad comedy and self-mythologising. But it has the same punchy energy, the same defiant pessimism, and there’s nothing around like it. This sequel was a high-wire act, but Boyle has made it to the other side.
  2. The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds. uncountable,usually
  3. The condition of being pessimal. uncountable,usually

词形变化

pessimisms plural

词汇关系

反义词
optimism
衍生词
Afro-pessimism cultural pessimism cyberpessimism ecopessimism Europessimism heteropessimism Judeopessimism overpessimism technopessimism
相关词
pessimist pessimistic

词源

From French pessimisme, from Latin pessimus (“worst”) + -ism, superlative of malus (“bad”).
As a doctrine, from German Pessimismus as used by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in 1819.
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