PESSIMISM

Pes″si‐mism (?), n. [[L. pessimus worst, superl. of pejor worse: cf. F. pessimisme. Cf. Impair.]] 1. 1. (Metaph.) The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the world is wholly evil; — opposed to optimism.
2. 2. A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.