Category: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.