miserabilist

UK /ˈmɪzəɹəbəlɪst/ US /ˈmɪzəɹəbəlɪst/
noun 1adj 1

Definitions

noun

1

One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism.

Gissing is never more of a miserabilist than when trying to be light-hearted.

An old, failed actor who lived on his own, he never had friends dropping by, because he was a bedridden inconsiderate miserabilist.

adj

1

Miserable, pessimistic.

This is a radical difference between the naturalism of the miserabilist approach, and the naturalism practiced by the Romanian New Wave.

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