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Definition of Pessimistic
1. Adjective. Expecting the worst possible outcome.
Similar to: Bearish, Demoralised, Demoralized, Discouraged, Disheartened
Antonyms: Optimistic
Derivative terms: Pessimism, Pessimism
Definition of Pessimistic
1. Adjective. Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness. ¹
2. Adjective. Always expecting the worst. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pessimistic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Pessimistic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pessimistic
Literary usage of Pessimistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Economic Thought: A Critical Account of the Origin and by Lewis Henry Haney (1920)
"Pessimistic TENDENCIES It has been suggested that there were both optimistic and
pessimistic tendencies embedded in the Wealth of Nations. ..."
2. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1911)
"Optimistic and Pessimistic Limits of Regulation. — The question of predetermination
of regulation of alternators, without an actual load test, ..."
3. Socialism: An Examination of Its Nature, Its Strength and Its Weakness, with by Richard Theodore Ely (1894)
"It is both too optimistic and too pessimistic. It is too optimistic with ...
On the other hand, socialism is too pessimistic, as ordinarily presented, ..."
4. The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study by Jean-Marie Guyau (1897)
"Pessimistic pantheism—Pessimistic interpretation of religions in Germany—I.
Causes of the progress of pessimism in the present epoch—Progress of pantheistic ..."
5. A Study of Ethical Principles by James Seth (1905)
"(1) Ancient Hedonism, whether of the Cyrenaic or of the Epicurean type, was apt
to be pessimistic; modern Hedonism is, on the whole, optimistic.i While the ..."
6. The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic Studies by Elie Metchnikoff (1908)
"Everyone knows the pessimistic wail of Ecclesiastes, written nearly ten centuries
before our era: "Vanity of Vanities, all is vanity. ..."
7. The Strength and Weakness of Socialism by Richard Theodore Ely (1899)
"It is both too optimistic and too pessimistic. It is too optimistic with ...
On the other hand, socialism is too pessimistic, as ordinarily presented, ..."
8. Recent Economic Changes and Their Effect on the Production and Distribution by David Ames Wells (1889)
"VIII. rhe economic outlook—Tendency to pessimistic views—Antagonism of sentiment
to correct reasoning—The future of industry a process of evolution —The ..."
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