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- noun Alternative spelling of
miserabilist .
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Examples
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Indie forefather and reformed "miserablist" Bob Mould is happy to share old Hüsker Dü war stories, but don't expect him to dwell on his past or to relive it for fun or profit.
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But while she tends toward a bleak sensibility, she lacks the world-weariness of the cynic and the defeatism of a genuine miserablist.
Annie Lennox: 'I would have been perfect as a man' Andrew Anthony 2010
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The story of a grieving man who hates life looking into various shades of human awfulness is always going to be relentlessly grim, but despite the miserablist tone, this is a compelling novel, the puzzle structure of the whodunnit remixed to great effect with the dread of the best horror.
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In a world dominated by self-publishing you would see a deluge of Twilight fan fiction, Harry Potter fan fiction, Dan Brown fan fiction, plus any variety of miserablist memoir and unicorn porn you could possibly imagine.
On ebooks 2010
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If you take the trouble to look, you don't even need to go to these letters (until publication day, they can be read only at the Bodleian library, Oxford) to find a different Larkin to the miserablist, misogynist, semi-recluse of popular mythology.
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Update, 5/24: "One of the most intriguing sub-themes of Cannes '07 has been the reformed miserablist," writes Dennis Lim at IFC News.
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And in particular that I lead a largely miserablist life.
Turn again Alistair Myles 2006
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Separately, some folks (or rather one folk, our resident miserablist) have suggested that .05 points/yard (based on 1 point per 20 yards, not 25, for those of you in the legal field) would be more appropriate.
Why Fantasy Football Matters Erik Barmack 2006
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Separately, some folks (or rather one folk, our resident miserablist) have suggested that .05 points/yard (based on 1 point per 20 yards, not 25, for those of you in the legal field) would be more appropriate.
Why Fantasy Football Matters Erik Barmack 2006
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And in particular that I lead a largely miserablist life.
Archive 2006-08-01 Alistair Myles 2006
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