| pessimism | 1. <psychology> 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 optimism. 2. A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things. Origin: L. Pessimus worst, superl. Of pejor worse: cf. F. Pessimisme. Cf. Impair. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| therapeutic pessimism | A disbelief in the curative virtues of remedies in general and especially of drugs. (05 Mar 2000) |
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