English-Thai Dictionary

pessimism

N การ มองโลกในแง่ร้าย  kan-mong-rok-nai-ngen-rai

 

pessimism

N การ หมดอาลัยตายอยาก  gloom hopelessness despair kan-mod-ar-rai-tai-yak

 

pessimism

N ลัทธิ มองโลกในแง่ร้าย  lak-ti-mong-lok-nai-nga-rai

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PESSIMISM

Pes "si *mism, n. Etym: [L. pessimus worst, superl. of pejor worse: cf. F. pessimisme. Cf. Impair. ]

 

1. (Metaph.)

 

Defn: 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 Ant: optimism.

 

2. A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pessimism

pes si mism |ˈpesəˌmizəm ˈpɛsəˌmɪzəm | ▶noun a tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen; a lack of hope or confidence in the future: the dispute cast an air of deep pessimism over the future of the peace talks. • Philosophy a belief that this world is as bad as it could be or that evil will ultimately prevail over good. DERIVATIVES pes si mist noun ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Latin pessimus ‘worst, ’ on the pattern of optimism .

 

Oxford Dictionary

pessimism

pes ¦sim |ism |ˈpɛsɪmɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 a tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen: the dispute cast an air of deep pessimism over the future of the peace talks. 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 ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Latin pessimus ‘worst ’, on the pattern of optimism .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pessimism

pessimism noun Felicia has apparently drawn him out of his pessimism: defeatism, negativity, doom and gloom, gloominess, miserablism, cynicism, fatalism; hopelessness, depression, despair, despondency, angst.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pessimism

pessimism noun formerly he had been prone to pessimism, full of gloomy predictions about the future: defeatism, negative thinking, negativity, expecting the worst, doom and gloom, gloom, gloominess; hopelessness, lack of hope, cynicism, fatalism, depression, despair, melancholy, despondency, dejection, angst, distrust, doubt; German Weltschmerz; informal looking on the black side.

 

Duden Dictionary

Pessimismus

Pes si mis mus Substantiv, maskulin , der |Pessim i smus |der Pessimismus; Genitiv: des Pessimismus zu lateinisch pessimus, Pessimum a Lebensauffassung von Menschen, die alles von der schlechten Seite betrachten; Grundhaltung ohne positive Erwartungen, Hoffnungen zum Pessimismus neigen b durch negative Erwartung bestimmte Haltung angesichts einer Sache, hinsichtlich der Zukunft c philosophische Auffassung, nach der die bestehende Welt schlecht ist und eine Entwicklung zum Besseren nicht zu erwarten ist

 

French Dictionary

pessimisme

pessimisme n. m. nom masculin Opinion de la personne qui considère les choses du mauvais côté, qui croit que tout va mal et que l ’avenir est sombre. : Il vaut mieux prendre les choses du bon côté et faire preuve d ’optimisme plutôt que de pessimisme. ANTONYME optimisme .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pessimism

pes si mism /pésəmɪ̀z (ə )m /名詞 U 悲観, 厭世 （えんせい ）; 厭世主義, 悲観論 [主義 ](↔optimism ).