how to pronounce pessimism

/ˈpɛs.ɪ.mɪ.zəm/

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pessimism is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of pessimism in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… there's a lot of other pessimism going …”

meanings of pessimism

noun:

The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.
A general belief that bad things will happen.
The condition of being pessimal.

pessimism frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pessimism occurs in english on average 1.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pessimism can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pessimism can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;