Pessimism Synonyms and Antonyms

pĕsə-mĭzəm
The doctrine that this world is evil
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cynicism
  2. hopelessness
  3. gloom
  4. melancholy
  5. doubt
  6. nihilism
  7. malism
  8. unhappiness
  9. despair
  10. low spirits
  11. despondency
  12. blighted hope
  13. lack of expectation
  14. melancholia
  15. weltschmerz
Antonyms:
  1. optimism
  2. confidence
  3. trust
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. gloomy
  2. morose
  3. pessimistic
  4. satirical

Words Related to Pessimism

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Pessimism Sentence Examples

  • It is pessimism that says, "We are doomed."

  • Oriental pessimism, at least as understood by Europeans, is best exemplified in Buddhism, which finds in human life sorrow and pain.

  • But the gloom of Juvenal's pessimism is unlighted by hope.

  • Pessimism, therefore, depends upon the individual point of view, and the term is frequently used merely in a condemnatory sense by hostile critics.

  • He directs this spirit of revolt also against the sources of his own inspiration; he turns bitterly against Wagner, whose intimate friend and enthusiastic admirer he had been, and denounces him as the musician of decadent emotionalism; he rejects his "educator" Schopenhauer's pessimism, and transforms his will to live into a "Will to Power."

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