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47 entries under pessimism topic. ×
| hopelessness(noun, hopelessness, discouragement, despondency) | |
| cynicism(noun, discouragement, despondency, resignation) | |
| negativism(noun, discouragement, despondency, resignation) | |
| nihilism | |
| acquiescence(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance) | |
| appeasement(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance) | |
| assent(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance) | |
| backing down(noun, expression, surrender, yielding, despair) | |
| bad attitude(noun, expression, discouragement, despondency) | |
| bowing(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance) | |
| capitulation(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance) | |
| compliance(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, despondency) | |
| cringing(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance) | |
| deference(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance) | |
| dim view(noun, expression, discouragement, despondency) | |
| discouragement(noun, despondency, resignation, nihilism) | |
| docility(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance) | |
| expectation of the worst(noun, expression, idiom, discouragement, despondency) | |
| giving in(noun, expression, surrender, yielding, despair) | |
| gloomy outlook(noun, expression, discouragement, despondency) |
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