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单词 miserabilism
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Definition of miserabilism in English:

miserabilism

noun ˈmɪz(ə)rəbɪlɪz(ə)mˈmiz(ə)rəbəˌlizəm
mass noun
  • Gloomy pessimism or negativity.

    严重悲观(主义);严重消极(态度)

    the duo spent much of the eighties exploring the lonely outer reaches of miserabilism

    这一对搭档在80年代的大部分时间里都在探索严重悲观主义乏人问津的界限。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • England's World Cup song should embrace the national pastimes of miserabilism and self-deprecation.
    • But perhaps Gwyneth was able to clinch the deal by demonstrating that she had some familiarity with existential miserabilism.
    • They exposed my miserabilism for the false consciousness it was.
    • Salinger's mother was a member of the Scottish diaspora: perhaps Holden Caulfield's existentialist gloom owes more to Scottish miserabilism than to adolescent angst.
    • Rather than being just a study in Scottish miserabilism Burnside's new book is a chilling display case of grotesques, shot through with a bleak and mordant humour.

Derivatives

  • miserabilist

  • noun & adjective ˈmɪz(ə)rəbɪlɪst
    • His patented miserabilist lyrics are sharper than ever - ‘I wrote your name with fireworks in the sky / But you never turned up to see it’ he intones on ‘Serenade’.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the light of this sexist, miserabilist orthodoxy, surely clear-eyed, hard-hearted happiness is the most maddeningly subversive weapon a woman can wield.
      • Contrary to the impression given by some miserabilists today, there is nothing wrong with wanting to be famous.
      • The theatre of fear is a cultural expression of our miserabilist times.
      • No sooner had the heatwave happened than risk managers, health experts and media miserabilists were rolling up their sleeves and warning us about ‘the dangers of heat’.

Definition of miserabilism in US English:

miserabilism

nounˈmiz(ə)rəbəˌlizəm
  • Gloomy pessimism or negativity.

    严重悲观(主义);严重消极(态度)

    the duo spent much of the eighties exploring the lonely outer reaches of miserabilism

    这一对搭档在80年代的大部分时间里都在探索严重悲观主义乏人问津的界限。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But perhaps Gwyneth was able to clinch the deal by demonstrating that she had some familiarity with existential miserabilism.
    • They exposed my miserabilism for the false consciousness it was.
    • Salinger's mother was a member of the Scottish diaspora: perhaps Holden Caulfield's existentialist gloom owes more to Scottish miserabilism than to adolescent angst.
    • Rather than being just a study in Scottish miserabilism Burnside's new book is a chilling display case of grotesques, shot through with a bleak and mordant humour.
    • England's World Cup song should embrace the national pastimes of miserabilism and self-deprecation.
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