OVEROPTIMISM Antonyms

• acceptance of the inevitability of defeat

• a state in which all hope is lost or absent

• the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well

• abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart

• the state of being unsure of something

• uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something

• consider unlikely

• lack confidence in

• the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success

• the character of the negative electric pole

• characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands

• an amount less than zero

• (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond

• the feeling that things will turn out badly

• a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things

• the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

• the state of being actual or real

• (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived

• an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

• (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

• doubt about the truth of something

• the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge