pessimism

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

  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.

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