miserabilism
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Watching Proksch’s version of sad-sack malevolence face off against Bayer’s gleeful miserabilism is totally delightful.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2019
Through Zhao’s empathetic lens, what we see isn’t miserabilism but simply the trials of life.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2018
You’d think that this year’s Super Bowl victory, so eerily similar to the last, would make me question the very foundations of my miserabilism.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2012
We just can’t help ourselves; the 2.0 iteration of father-son miserabilism in our family is arguably more ridiculous than the original.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2012
A rich tradition of miserabilism Neilson doesn't like to be described as a Scottish playwright, preferring to think of himself as European – an attitude Beaton shares.
From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2010
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