different between negativism vs pessimism

negativism

English

Etymology

negative +? -ism

Noun

negativism (countable and uncountable, plural negativisms)

  1. A persistent pessimistic or skeptical attitude.
  2. A stubborn tendency to do the opposite of what one is asked.

Translations

Anagrams

  • time-saving, timesaving

Romanian

Etymology

From French négativisme

Noun

negativism n (uncountable)

  1. negativism

Declension

negativism From the web:

  • negativism meaning
  • negativism what does it mean
  • what causes negativism in a toddler
  • what is negativism in psychology
  • what is negativism in toddlers
  • what is negativism in schizophrenia
  • what is negativism in catatonia
  • what causes negativism


pessimism

English

Etymology

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

Noun

pessimism (usually uncountable, plural pessimisms)

  1. A general belief that bad things will happen.
  2. The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.
  3. (computing) The condition of being pessimal.

Antonyms

  • optimism

Related terms

  • pessimist
  • pessimistic

Derived terms

  • cultural pessimism
  • ecopessimism

Translations

Further reading

  • pessimism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • pessimism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • pessimism at OneLook Dictionary Search

Swedish

Noun

pessimism c

  1. pessimism; a general belief that bad things will happen

Declension

Antonyms

  • optimism

Related terms

  • pessimist
  • pessimistisk

pessimism From the web:

  • what pessimism means
  • what pessimism means to you
  • pessimism what does it mean
  • pessimism what is the definition
  • what causes pessimism
  • what is pessimism and optimism
  • what is pessimism in tagalog
  • what is pessimism in literature
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like