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pessimist
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The researchers also found that optimistic people showed bigger differences between brain patterns for emotionally positive and negative events than pessimists did.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
21 July 2025 -
To the pessimists among them, Hollywood’s most personal profession has lost its human touch.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
6 June 2025
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“Fatalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatalist. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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