pessimism

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n. 悲观, 悲观情绪, 悲观主义 [医] 悲观主义

发音

其它 /ˈpɛsɪmɪzəm/

词形变化

pessimisms 复数 pessimisms

教材释义与例句

名词

悲观，悲观情绪；厌世主义

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A general belief that bad things will happen.

    悲观情绪

    不可数
  2. 2.

    The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.

    悲观主义

    不可数
  3. 3.

    The condition of being pessimal.

    不可数 计算机 工程 数学

词汇关系

名词

反义词 1

optimism

上位词 3

despair disposition temperament

下位词 1

cynicism

相关短语

cultural pessimism

词源

From French pessimisme, from Latin pessimus (“worst”) + -ism, superlative of malus (“bad”). As a doctrine, from German Pessimismus as used by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in 1819.

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