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Meanings of pessimist in English
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pessimista Usage of pessimist in English
1
It is the cult of the pessimist, the gentle malice of disillusion.
2
The pessimist always argues from a single instance to a general law.
3
The pessimist believes that forgetfulness and nothingness is the whole of man.
4
He was never more than a pessimist in theory at any time.
5
This was the beginning of my acquaintance with the pessimist, Edmund Storm.
6
The pessimist looks from a limited and a one-sided point of view.
7
He is an uncompromising pessimist, who sees the world as it is.
8
And knowing you were the greatest living authority on the pessimist thinkers-
9
He was considered a black pessimist at the time, and partly insane.
10
The very man who denounced Christianity for pessimism was himself a pessimist.
11
That you are not to become anything so commonplace as a pessimist.
12
Only a pessimist or a snob would dismiss such a question curtly.
13
I have been neither pessimist nor optimist-justmyself, and I believe happy.
14
I see Ricardo is disgusted with me, but he is a pessimist.
15
For a pessimist, be it remembered, Schopenhauer led quite an extraordinary life.
16
Your worst pessimist is, after all, an optimist with regard to himself.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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