miserabilism
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From German Miserabilismus, French misérabilisme, corresponding to miserable + -ism.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɪzɹəbəlɪz(ə)m/
Noun
miserabilism (uncountable)
- A tendency to take a miserable or pessimistic view on life; a consistently miserable outlook, negativity.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 267:
- Parlementary ideas invariably evinced that most thoroughgoing national miserabilism which had impressed poor Damiens [...].
- 2009 May 15, Manohla Dargis, “A Less Crowded Cannes, and Perhaps a Silver Lining”, in New York Times:
- A beautiful-looking slice of British miserabilism, “Fish Tank” traces what happens to a 15-year-old (Katie Jarvis) when her mother’s boyfriend moves into the family’s cramped flat, a story that can be summed up by the lyrics, sung by Nas, that portentously bring the accumulated bleak moments to a close: “Life’s a bitch and then you die.”
- 2021, Eliot Higgins, We Are Bellingcat, page 147:
- Nobody will ever 'fix' the internet, just as nobody will ever fix the world. But this has never justified giving in to miserabilism about life offline.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 267:
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