PESSIMISM
\pˈɛsɪmˌɪzəm], \pˈɛsɪmˌɪzəm], \p_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_m_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).