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- noun Plural form of
pessimist .
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Examples
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Some people are called pessimists because of their persistent dourness, but I think they are optimists.
Mike Ragogna: Van Hunt's Free "June" Download, Plus Chatting with Steve Cropper Mike Ragogna 2011
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Some people are called pessimists because of their persistent dourness, but I think they are optimists.
Mike Ragogna: Van Hunt's Free "June" Download, Plus Chatting with Steve Cropper Mike Ragogna 2011
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Some people are called pessimists because of their persistent dourness, but I think they are optimists.
Mike Ragogna: Van Hunt's Free "June" Download, Plus Chatting with Steve Cropper Mike Ragogna 2011
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Some people are called pessimists because of their persistent dourness, but I think they are optimists.
Mike Ragogna: Van Hunt's Free "June" Download, Plus Chatting with Steve Cropper Mike Ragogna 2011
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Some people are called pessimists because of their persistent dourness, but I think they are optimists.
Mike Ragogna: Van Hunt's Free "June" Download, Plus Chatting with Steve Cropper Mike Ragogna 2011
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Some people are called pessimists because of their persistent dourness, but I think they are optimists.
Mike Ragogna: Van Hunt's Free "June" Download, Plus Chatting with Steve Cropper Mike Ragogna 2011
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It looks like the majority of todays options action on Coach is the work of longer-term pessimists wary of the potential for shares to reverse course ahead of February expiration.
Bulls Rush Into Transocean And Burger King, Bears Crowd Coach 2010
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Yes, we know about the studies that show optimists are more likely to live longer, have good relationships and achieve their goals than the people they call pessimists and we call realists.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Christina Patterson 2011
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For example, though both men may be called pessimists, the ways in which they are pessimistic are quite contrary.
The Unshine Boys 2009
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For example, though both men may be called pessimists, the ways in which they are pessimistic are quite contrary.
The Unshine Boys 2009
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