pessimisme

pessimisme m (uncountable)

1. pessimism

   Antonym: optimisme

• pèssim
• pessimista

Borrowed from German Pessimismus or French pessimisme.

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.siˈmɪs.mə/

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• Hyphenation: pes‧si‧mis‧me
• Rhymes: -ɪsmə

pessimisme n (uncountable)

1. pessimism

   Synonym: optimisme

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “pessimisme”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

From Latin pessimus (“worst”) + -isme.

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.si.mism/ ~ /pɛ.si.mizm/ ~ /pe.si.mism/ ~ /pe.si.mizm/

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pessimisme m (plural pessimismes)

1. pessimism (general belief that bad things will happen)

   Antonym: optimisme

• pessimiste

• → Turkish: pesimizm

• “pessimisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin pessimus.

pessimisme m (definite singular pessimismen)

1. pessimism

• optimisme

• pessimist
• pessimistisk

• “pessimisme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin pessimus.

pessimisme m (definite singular pessimismen)

1. pessimism

• optimisme

• pessimist
• pessimistisk

• “pessimisme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.