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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pessimist \Pes"si*mist\, Pessimistic \Pes`si*mis"tic\, a.
(Metaph.)
Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism;
gloomy; foreboding. ``Giving utterance to pessimistic
doubt.'' --Encyc. Brit.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pessimistic
adj : expecting the worst in this worst of all possible worlds
[ant: {optimistic}]
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