Pessimism
//ˈpɛsɪmɪzəm//
Translations of "pessimism" (43 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | humbashpresë(general belief that bad things will happen) | — | |
| Arabic | تَشَاؤُم(general belief that bad things will happen), تَشَاؤُم(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | tašāʔum, tašāʔum | |
| Armenian | հոռետեսություն(general belief that bad things will happen), հոռետեսություն(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | hoṙetesutʻyun, hoṙetesutʻyun | |
| Basque | ezkortasun(general belief that bad things will happen) | — | |
| Belarusian | песімі́зм(general belief that bad things will happen) | pjesimízm | |
| Bengali | নৈরাশ্যবাদ(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | nōiraśśobad | |
| Bulgarian | песими́зъм(general belief that bad things will happen) | pesimízǎm | |
| Catalan | pessimisme(general belief that bad things will happen), pessimisme(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 悲觀主義 /悲观主义(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds), 悲觀情緒 /悲观情绪(general belief that bad things will happen) | bēiguānzhǔyì, bēiguān qíngxù | |
| Czech | pesimismus(general belief that bad things will happen), škarohlídství(general belief that bad things will happen) | — | |
| Dutch | pessimisme(general belief that bad things will happen) | — | |
| Finnish | pessimismi(general belief that bad things will happen), pessimismi(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | — | |
| French | pessimisme(general belief that bad things will happen), pessimisme(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | — | |
| Galician | pesimismo(general belief that bad things will happen), pesimismo(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | — | |
| Georgian | პესიმიზმი(general belief that bad things will happen) | ṗesimizmi | |
| German | Pessimismus(general belief that bad things will happen), Pessimismus(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | — | |
| Greek | απαισιοδοξία(general belief that bad things will happen) | apaisiodoxía | |
| Hebrew | פסימיות(general belief that bad things will happen), פסימיזם(general belief that bad things will happen) | — | |
| Hindi | निराशावाद(general belief that bad things will happen) | nirāśāvād | |
| Hungarian | borúlátás(general belief that bad things will happen), pesszimizmus(general belief that bad things will happen), pesszimizmus(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | — | |
| Indonesian | pesimisme(general belief that bad things will happen), pesimisme(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | — | |
| Italian | pessimismo(general belief that bad things will happen) | — | |
| Japanese | 厭世主義(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds), 厭世観(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds), 悲観(general belief that bad things will happen), 悲観主義(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | enseishugi, enseikan, hikan, hikanshugi | |
| Kazakh | пессимизм(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds), үмітсіздік(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | pessimizm, ümıtsızdık | |
| Korean | 비관(general belief that bad things will happen), 비관주의(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds), 염세주의(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds), 페시미즘(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | bigwan, bigwanjuui, yeomsejuui, pesimijeum | |
| Lü | ᦣᧆᦋᦲᧁ(general belief that bad things will happen) | hadtsiiw | |
| Macedonian | песимизам(general belief that bad things will happen) | pesimizam | |
| Malayalam | നൈരാശ്യവാദം(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | nairāśyavādaṁ | |
| Māori | hākerekeretanga(general belief that bad things will happen), ngākau hākerekere(general belief that bad things will happen) | — | |
| Persian | بدبینی(general belief that bad things will happen) | badbini | |
| Polish | pesymizm(general belief that bad things will happen) | — | |
| Portuguese | pessimismo(general belief that bad things will happen), pessimismo(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | — | |
| Romanian | pesimism(general belief that bad things will happen) | — | |
| Russian | пессими́зм(general belief that bad things will happen), пессими́зм(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | pessimízm, pessimízm | |
| Serbo-Croatian | pesimìzam(general belief that bad things will happen), pesimìzam(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds), песимѝзам(general belief that bad things will happen), песимѝзам(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | — | |
| Spanish | pesimismo(general belief that bad things will happen) | — | |
| Swedish | pessimism(general belief that bad things will happen), svartsyn(general belief that bad things will happen) | — | |
| Tamil | இழநம்பிக்கை(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | iḻanampikkai | |
| Thai | ทุทรรศนนิยม(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds), ทุนิยม(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | — | |
| Turkish | karamsarlık(general belief that bad things will happen), karamsarlık(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds), kötümserlik(general belief that bad things will happen), kötümserlik(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds), pesimistlik(general belief that bad things will happen), pesimizm(general belief that bad things will happen), pesimizm(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | — | |
| Ukrainian | песимі́зм(general belief that bad things will happen) | pesymízm | |
| Vietnamese | bi quan(general belief that bad things will happen), bi quan triết học(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | — | |
| Volapük | badim(general belief that bad things will happen), badim(doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | — |
humbashpresë
ezkortasun
pessimisme, pessimisme
pesimismus, škarohlídství
pessimisme
pessimismi, pessimismi
pessimisme, pessimisme
pesimismo, pesimismo
Pessimismus, Pessimismus
פסימיות, פסימיזם
borúlátás, pesszimizmus, pesszimizmus
pesimisme, pesimisme
pessimismo
hākerekeretanga, ngākau hākerekere
pesymizm
pessimismo, pessimismo
pesimism
pesimìzam, pesimìzam, песимѝзам, песимѝзам
pesimismo
pessimism, svartsyn
ทุทรรศนนิยม, ทุนิยม
karamsarlık, karamsarlık, kötümserlik, kötümserlik, pesimistlik, pesimizm, pesimizm
bi quan, bi quan triết học
badim, badim
More for "pessimism"
Next best steps
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.