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I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies.
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Meaning of "pessimistic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PESSIMISTIC

pessimistic  [ˌpɛsɪˈmɪstɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PESSIMISTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pessimistic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PESSIMISTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Pessimism

Pessimism is a state of mind in which one anticipates undesirable outcomes or believes that the evil or hardships in life outweigh the good or luxuries. Value judgments may vary dramatically between individuals, even when judgments of fact are undisputed. The most common example of this phenomenon is the "Is the glass half empty or half full?" situation. The degree in which situations like these are evaluated as something good or something bad can be described in terms of one's optimism or pessimism respectively. Throughout history, the pessimistic disposition has had effects on all major areas of thinking. Philosophical pessimism is the related idea that views the world in a strictly anti-optimistic fashion. This form of pessimism is not an emotional disposition as the term commonly connotes. Instead, it is a philosophy or worldview that directly challenges the notion of progress and what may be considered the faith-based claims of optimism. Philosophical pessimists are often existential nihilists believing that life has no intrinsic meaning or value. Their responses to this situation however are widely varied and are often life-affirming.

Definition of pessimistic in the English dictionary

The definition of pessimistic in the dictionary is tending to expect the worst. Other definition of pessimistic is believing that this is the worst of all possible worlds, or that evil will triumph.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PESSIMISTIC


animistic
ˌænɪˈmɪstɪk
artistic
ɑːˈtɪstɪk
atomistic
ˌætəˈmɪstɪk
characteristic
ˌkærɪktəˈrɪstɪk
dynamistic
ˌdaɪnəˈmɪstɪk
dysphemistic
ˌdɪsfɪˈmɪstɪk
economistic
ɪˌkɒnəˈmɪstɪk
euphemistic
ˌjuːfəˈmɪstɪk
holistic
həʊˈlɪstɪk
mediumistic
ˌmiːdɪəˈmɪstɪk
monogamistic
məˌnɒɡəˈmɪstɪk
mystic
ˈmɪstɪk
nomistic
nəʊˈmɪstɪk
optimistic
ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk
overoptimistic
ˌəʊvərˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk
overpessimistic
ˌəʊvəˌpesɪˈmɪstɪk
polycystic
ˌpɒlɪˈsɪstɪk
realistic
ˌrɪəˈlɪstɪk
Thomistic
təʊˈmɪstɪk
transformistic
ˌtrænsfəˈmɪstɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PESSIMISTIC

peskily
peskiness
pesky
peso
pessaries
pessary
pessima
pessimal
pessimism
pessimist
pessimistical
pessimistically
Pessoa
pest
pest control
pest control department
pest control officer
Pestalozzi
pester
pester power

WORDS THAT END LIKE PESSIMISTIC

anachronistic
antagonistic
autistic
ballistic
deterministic
domestic
futuristic
heuristic
journalistic
linguistic
logistic
mechanistic
minimalistic
opportunistic
probabilistic
sadistic
simplistic
stylistic
synergistic
touristic
unrealistic

Synonyms and antonyms of pessimistic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PESSIMISTIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pessimistic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pessimistic

Translation of «pessimistic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PESSIMISTIC

Find out the translation of pessimistic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pessimistic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pessimistic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

悲观的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pesimista
570 millions of speakers

English

pessimistic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निराशावादी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُتَشَائِمٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пессимистический
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pessimista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হতাশাপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pessimiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pesimis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pessimistisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

悲観的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비관적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pesimis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bi quan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நம்பிக்கையற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निराशावादी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kötümser
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pessimistico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pesymistyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

песимістичний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pesimist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απαισιόδοξος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pessimisties
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pessimistisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pessimistisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pessimistic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PESSIMISTIC»

The term «pessimistic» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.416 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PESSIMISTIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pessimistic

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10 QUOTES WITH «PESSIMISTIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pessimistic.
1
Jon Anderson
I think in life, you have a choice. You can either be optimistic or pessimistic, and I go for the optimism.
2
Elmer Bernstein
I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies.
3
Claude Chabrol
I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live.
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Jared Diamond
Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting remarkably cleanly. And in some cases, although not all cases, the CEOs are the driving forces behind that.
5
David Eddings
If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own.
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Jesse Eisenberg
I tend to be pessimistic about everything: If things seem to be going good, I'm worried that it's going to end; if things are bad, then I'm worried that it's going to be permanent. It's not a very comfortable attitude to have all the time.
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H. R. Giger
Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is.
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Paul Hawken
If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even though they don't really know what they're trying to prevent - then you can get pessimistic.
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bell hooks
These days I wonder more and more why people are pessimistic when American history actually supports optimism.
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Aldous Huxley
A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PESSIMISTIC»

Discover the use of pessimistic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pessimistic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Pessimistic Posters
Scenes from the motion picture based on the books in the series A series of unfortunate events by Lemony Snicket.
Lemony Snicket, 2004
2
The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try
These are pessimistic, most likely (also known as realistic) and optimistic estimates. As an example of how this is used, suppose a developer estimates that it will most likely take 9 days to write a module of code; however, he also supplies an ...
Andy Crowe, 2005
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PMP Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide
ÛN Calculating Expected Value The three-point estimates used to calculate expected value are the optimistic estimate, the pessimistic estimate, and the most likely estimate. Going back to the software example, let's find out what these three  ...
Kim Heldman, 2009
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An Analysis of Optimistic and Pessimistic Language in ...
Based on the study "Beyond the Numbers: An Analysis of Optimistic and Pessimistic Language in Earnings Press Releases" published by Davis, Piger and Sedor the paper presents a textual analysis approach with DICTION 5.0.
Marius Rombach, 2013
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The Project Management Question and Answer Book
The activity's expected duration and the activity's standard deviation are calculated from these three values by the following formulas: Expected Duration = (Optimistic + 4 X Most Likely + Pessimistic) / 6 Expected Standard Deviation ...
Michael W. Newell, Marina N. Grashina, 2004
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A Primer for Benefit-cost Analysis
It is usually appropriate to consider three to five values for each variable, unless the range of possible outcomes for that variable is more restricted. The most common approach is to prepare 'optimistic', 'pessimistic' and 'most likely' estimates ...
Richard O. Zerbe, Allen S. Bellas, 2006
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Max Weber's political sociology: a pessimistic vision of a ...
This collection of essays focuses on Weber's political ideology as well as his political sociology. This interdisciplinary work draws upon the expertise of a number of writers and challenges major schools of thought on Weber.
Ronald M. Glassman, Vatro Murvar, 1984
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Computational Economic Analysis for Engineering and Industry
Using an adaptation of the PERT formula, we can combine optimistic and pessimistic cost estimates. Let O = optimistic cost estimate M = most likely cost estimate P = pessimistic cost estimate Then, the estimated cost can be estimated as OMP ...
Adedeji B. Badiru, Olufemi A. Omitaomu, 2007
9
How to Prepare for the New SAT
The difference between Liebniz and Schopenhauer is that the former is optimistic ; the latter, pessimistic. (AJ the former is optimistic; the latter, pessimistic (B) the former is optimistic, the latter, pessimistic (C) while the former is optimistic; the ...
Sharon Weiner Green, Ira K. Wolf, 2004
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ECAI 2006: 17th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence
This heuristic is pessimistic. Another point should be noted here. The equations in Section 2 do not say that it is strictly necessary for a heuristic to be pessimistic for every position, just for most of them. This, on the other hand, is not the case ...
G. Brewka, S. Coradeschi, A. Perini, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PESSIMISTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pessimistic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Will 2016 be our most pessimistic election cycle?
... be our most pessimistic election cycle? white house. Does the race for the White House bringing out the most pessimistic side of Americans? «AL.com, Jul 15»
2
Are Americans More Pessimistic About Race—or More Realistic?
You don't need a pollster to tell you that race relations are not especially good at the moment in the United States—all you need is a quick ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
3
Fed Staffers Slightly Pessimistic About Economy's Course
Federal Reserve staffers in June were somewhat more pessimistic than central bank officials about the economic outlook, according to the ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
4
​QPR pessimistic over keeping striker Austin
​QPR pessimistic over keeping striker Austin. by Ian Ferris 9 hours ago < 500 reads. Send to a friend. Share the love. According to his manager, Chris Ramsey, ... «Tribal Football, Jul 15»
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Biotech Stocks with Pessimistic Trend - Calithera Biosciences Inc …
Biotech Stocks with Pessimistic Trend – Calithera Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:CALA) , Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ:NVAX) , Agenus Inc ... «Wall Street Observer, Jul 15»
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'Pessimistic' markets see tech giants' shares tumble
A host of the world's tech giants saw their share prices tumble this week as the stock markets suffered a pessimistic mood. Apple saw its share ... «CRN - UK, Jul 15»
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Alberto Contador pessimistic of podium finish
Alberto Contador has admitted that his hopes of a podium finish are slim at the Tour de France after enduring what he called one of the ... «3News NZ, Jul 15»
8
Latin American Community Organizations Pessimistic Over Trump's …
Community-based organizations promoting the rights of Mexican immigrants in the United States warn that US presidential candidate Donald ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
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Isetan chairman pessimistic on Japan consumer spending recovery
KARUIZAWA, Japan, July 24 The chairman of Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd said on Friday he did not see a recovery in Japanese consumer ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
10
Pessimistic outlook for major city
A new survey has revealed the state of the Australian housing market, highlighting the performance of capital cities and identifying areas tipped ... «Smart Property Investment, Jul 15»

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