miserabilism

British  

/ ˈmɪzərəˌblɪzəm, ˈmɪzrə-, ˈmɪzrə-, ˈmɪzərəbɪlˌɪzəm /

noun

1. the quality of seeming to enjoy being depressed, or the type of gloomy music, art, etc, that evokes this

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Example Sentences

But the reason “Dark Side” became a blockbuster is that Pink Floyd’s music — the full band, with Richard Wright’s self-effacing but fundamental keyboards, Waters on bass, Nick Mason’s steadfast drumming and Gilmour’s probing, slashing, keening guitar — defies all that miserabilism.

From New York Times

This has to be so because “Mare of Easttown,” which was created and written by Brad Ingelsby and directed by Craig Zobel, is in the tradition of Middle American miserabilism, a genre HBO has cultivated before in “I Know This Much Is True” and other series.

From New York Times

And Freeman, never the most animated of performers, gives his specific brand of passive British miserabilism free rein.

From New York Times

Watching Proksch’s version of sad-sack malevolence face off against Bayer’s gleeful miserabilism is totally delightful.

From Slate

Yet even in the swelling canon of British rural miserabilism, this unrelentingly intense psychodrama burrows beneath the skin.

From New York Times