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Perhaps subliminally reflecting the widespread perception that gloomy people are annoying. 600+ ghits. Examples:

“what do facts have to do with optimism or pestimism?” Absolutely nothing. However a person’s optimism/pestimism do influence…
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Step 1 to heal the economy- the goddamn media has to stop throwing logs on the fire about the pestimism and start focusing on the positive
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... she was into me but i still surpressed my feelings behind a wall of pestimism and low self esteem.
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Please remember that in this world there are two types of thinkers: 1 is positive thinkers (optimism) ; 2 is negative thinkers (pestimism).
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The patient had average I.Q.score, depressed mood, pestimism, repressed emotional expression and had the tendency of impulsivity
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I feel there is a fine line between pestimism and realism though, and trying to remain optomistic …
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Book value should never be a function of irrational pestimism any more that it should be considered during the manic phase of skyrocketing …
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I’m in a constant swing between two extremes: naive optimism and crippling pestimism.
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It’s people like you whose pestimism divides our country and keeps it from coming together to move forward.
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