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Pessimism vs Pessimist - What's the difference?

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Pessimist is a related term of pessimism.



As nouns the difference between pessimism and pessimist

is that pessimism is a general belief that bad things will happen while pessimist is someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.

pessimism

English

(wikipedia pessimism)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A general belief that bad things will happen.
  • The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.

    • Related terms

    * pessimist * pessimistic

    Antonyms

    * optimism

    External links

    * * * English words suffixed with -ism ----

    pessimist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.

    • Antonyms

    * optimist

    Related terms

    * pessimism * pessimistic

    Hyponyms

    * bear (in finance)