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pessimist
/ˈpesɪmɪst/ noun [C]Definition
› someone who feels that bad things are more likely to happen than good things: In the coming months pessimists will say that stocks are not a good buy. → Compare optimist
pessimistic adjective › A pessimistic quarterly inflation report from the Bank of England was blamed for the fall of the share figures.(Definition of pessimist noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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