Definition of Pessimism

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Pessimism

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.

A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.

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Pessimism Quotations

Pessimism never won any battle.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.
Clint Eastwood

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.
William James

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
Golda Meir

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.
George Will

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.
Arnold Bennett

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine.
Wole Soyinka

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.
Norman Cousins

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.
Jean Rostand

Pessimism Translations

pessimism in Dutch is pessimisme, zwaartillendheid
pessimism in French is pessimisme
pessimism in German is Pessismismus
pessimism in Spanish is pesimismo

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