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Pessimist
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1. pessimist
a person who expects the worst
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Pessimist
see synonyms of pessimistn.
1. A tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view: "We have seen too much defeatism, too much pessimism, too much of a negative approach" (Margo Jones).
2. The doctrine or belief that this is the worst of all possible worlds and that all things ultimately tend toward evil.
3. The doctrine or belief that the evil in the world outweighs the good.
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