pessimist

Example Sentences

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Whether you are an A.I. optimist or pessimist, you’d ideally agree that few industries have ever screamed out more for intense scrutiny at a particular moment than generative A.I. does right now.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

A race-relations pessimist who invokes the ideas of other writers of that ilk—Ta-Nehisi Coates, for instance, and Isabel Wilkerson—he detects in America a “fatigue with the pursuit of equality and inclusion.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

A pessimist, however, would look and see the need for careful risk management.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

“My advice is simple: Plan like a pessimist and travel like an optimist,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 8, 2025

A moral pessimist, von Wright questioned whether the material and technological advances of modern society could really be considered “progress” at all.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady