Antonyms for pessimism
ˈpɛs əˌmɪz əmpes·simism

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1. pessimismnoun

   Antonyms:
   optimism

2. pessimismnoun

   Antonyms:
   optimism

3. pessimismnoun

   Antonyms:
   optimism

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1. • Despair
   • Disposition

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pessimismnoun

   the feeling that things will turn out badly

   Antonyms:
   optimism

2. pessimismnoun

   a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things

   Antonyms:
   optimism

How to use pessimism in a sentence?

1. Dan Witters:

   There's a real pessimism about anything getting better that has infiltrated the American psyche.

2. Antti Raappana:

   The valuations in equity markets are in many places quite extreme, there's a lot of pessimism around.

3. Dana Blanton:

   This comes against a backdrop of extreme volatility in stock markets and increasing pessimism about the economy, for the first time in over three years, more Americans think the economy is getting worse than better.

4. Ben Le Brun:

   Traders and investors are torn which way prices are going to break. It's a knife edge between optimism and pessimism.

5. Junichi Ishikawa:

   Euro/dollar responded less compared to dollar/yen as underlying optimism that a [Greek] deal will be sealed by the month's remains intact amid pessimism over the talks breaking down.

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