pessimism
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pessimism
A fundamentally negative outlook on life, in which one tends to always expect the worst and to emphasize the negative aspects of a situation or of life in general.
Trotz der guten Nachrichten ließ er sich von seinem Pessimismus nicht abbringen und erwartete weiterhin Probleme.
Despite the good news, he could not be shaken out of his pessimism and continued to expect problems.
pessimism
A philosophical doctrine that assumes that suffering and evil predominate in the world and that life is fundamentally not worth living.
Arthur Schopenhauer gilt als einer der Hauptvertreter des philosophischen Pessimismus.
Arthur Schopenhauer is considered one of the main representatives of philosophical pessimism.
'Der Pessimismus' (pessimism) belongs to a word family. A person with this attitude is 'der Pessimist' (male pessimist) or 'die Pessimistin' (female pessimist), and the related quality is described with the adjective 'pessimistisch' (pessimistic).
Ihre pessimistische Sicht auf die Dinge machte die Zusammenarbeit schwierig.
Her pessimistic view of things made working together difficult.
When someone develops a negative attitude, you can say that they 'verfällt in Pessimismus' (fall into pessimism). A situation or mood can also be 'von Pessimismus geprägt sein' (be marked by pessimism).
Nach der Niederlage verfiel die ganze Mannschaft in tiefen Pessimismus.
After the defeat, the whole team fell into deep pessimism.
You can recognize the philosophical meaning from signal words such as 'Lehre' (doctrine), 'Strömung' (movement/school of thought), 'Vertreter' (representative), or the names of philosophers. Without this context, it usually means the general negative outlook on life.
Im Seminar haben wir uns mit dem philosophischen Pessimismus des 19. Jahrhunderts beschäftigt.
In the seminar, we dealt with the philosophical pessimism of the 19th century.
