optimism

Examples of pessimism

pessimism
Creative pessimism suggests that the falls intended will not necessarily be obtained.
Similarly, the effect of the economic variables is differentiated so that optimism or pessimism on them does not always provoke the same policy preference.
His prewar essays exemplify the widespread sense of cultural pessimism of those years.
It is not so much the pessimism attendant upon the era of mass politics and society that is so arresting.
The control that pessimism exercises need not destroy creativity.
But nothing in the work surveyed here suggests grounds for pessimism or panic.
In fact, since waves of pessimism were present before the 1973- 1975 recession, they could have turned the economic slowdown into this more intense recession.
If the distribution of the forecast variable is negatively (positively) skewed, then the optimal forecast exhibits optimism (pessimism). 11.
The fourth argument against communitarian pessimism is the most fundamental, and, from a theoretical point of view, also the most interesting.
The peace process was pursued from 1994 to 1997 in a climate of pervasive pessimism after the earlier failures, particularly that of 1991-92.
Such quotations imply that early conduct problems are fully malleable and need not be a cause for pessimism.
However, consumers' pessimism may have been an important factor in intensifying and extending the 1989-1992 slowdown.
The low consumption growth phase lagged consumers' pessimism, and lasted until the end of the sample in 1995.
In the absence of a revolutionary 'pole of attraction', we risk seeing the best elements of the proletariat sink into pessimism.
Moreover, it is this notion of correspondence that lies at the base of his epistemic pessimism in science.
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