malism
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun The doctrine that the world is evil, or that, on the whole, evil prevails over good: a less extreme doctrine than pessimism.
Examples
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On the whole, we may say that the older humanists were sincere optimists, while Koheleth, though theoretically perhaps an optimist (iii. 11), constantly relapses into a more congenial ‘malism.’.
Note
The word 'malism' comes from a Latin word meaning 'bad'.
