pessimism
MENTAL ATTITUDE AND PHILOSOPHICAL POSITION THAT DWELLS ON THE DARK OR GLOOMY SIDE OF THINGS, THE WORLD OR THE UNIVERSE, CULMINATING IN A SENSE OF THEIR VANITY AND NOTHINGNESS THAT IS SOMETIMES THOUGHT TO RENDER THEM UNWORTHY OF EXISTENCE
Pessimist; Pessimistic; Malism; Pessimists; Negative thinking; Ideological pessimism; Political pessimism; Entropy pessimism; Environmental pessimism; Technological pessimism; Pessimistic philosophy; Pessimism (philosophy); Pessimist philosophy
¦ noun
1. lack of hope or confidence in the future.
2. Philosophy a belief that this world is as bad as it could be or that evil will ultimately prevail over good.
Derivatives
pessimist noun
pessimistic adjective
pessimistically adverb
Origin
C18: from L. pessimus 'worst', on the pattern of optimism.