pessimism

Other forms of pessimism

plural

pessimisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pessimism

What does pessimism mean?

pessimism means "the feeling that things will turn out badly". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pessimism?

pessimism has 4 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈpɛsəˌmɪzəm/.

What is the opposite of pessimism?

The recorded antonyms are optimism, optimism.

Is pessimism a common word?

pessimism is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pessimism?

4 words rhyme with pessimism. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.