different between pessimist vs pessimal

English

Etymology

From French pessimiste, from Latin pessimus (“worst”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?s?m?st/

Noun

pessimist (plural pessimists)

1. Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.

Antonyms

• optimist

Hyponyms

• bear (in finance)

Related terms

• pessimism
• pessimistic

Translations

Danish

Noun

pessimist c (singular definite pessimisten, plural indefinite pessimister)

1. pessimist

Declension

Antonyms

• optimist

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

pessimist m (plural pessimisten, diminutive pessimistje n, feminine pessimiste)

1. pessimist

Synonyms

• (pessimist): doemdenker, zwartdenker, zwartkijker

Descendants

• Indonesian: pesimis

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pessimist m (definite singular pessimisten, indefinite plural pessimister, definite plural pessimistene)

1. a pessimist

Antonyms

• optimist

Related terms

• pessimisme

References

• “pessimist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pessimist m (definite singular pessimisten, indefinite plural pessimistar, definite plural pessimistane)

1. a pessimist

Antonyms

• optimist

Related terms

• pessimisme

References

• “pessimist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

From Latin pessimus (“worst”) +? -al, modeled on optimal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?s?m?l/
• Hyphenation: pes?si?mal

Adjective

pessimal (not comparable)

1. bad to a maximal extent; worst

Related terms

Antonyms

• optimal

Quotations

• Bollobas, Bela. Modern Graph Theory. 1998.

  "Optimal and Pessimal Orderings of Steiner Triple Systems in Disk Arrays" [1]

• Ordeshook, Peter C; Rose, Gregory F; Niou, Emerson M. The balance of power: Stability in international systems. 1989.

  "Calculated in this way, a security value represents a pessimal view of possibilities." [2]

• Sethi, Suresh P. Optimal Control Theory: Applications to Management Science and Economics. 2019

  "…the limiting solution is a pessimal solution because the value of the objective function associated with it is zero." [3]

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