pessimists

plural of pessimist
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as in naysayers
a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons a true pessimist, he's convinced that there will be wars as long as there are people to wage them

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Recent Examples of pessimists For the pessimists, Coreweave is Lucent or Nortel. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025 But don’t listen to the pessimists who say there is no cure. Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025 But don't listen to the pessimists who say there is no cure. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025 Optimists climb the career ladder faster and farther than pessimists. Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025 So far, all signs indicate that the pessimists were right. Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025 At the time, there were far fewer defeatist pessimists. Big Think, 5 Feb. 2025 Optimists and pessimists Are scientists merely speculating? Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025 Advertisement The strong reports are of course good news for workers looking for jobs and for anyone worried about a possible recession that earlier seemed inevitable to pessimists. Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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cynics
Noun
  • On the other hand, skeptics and cynics tend to be insistent right now that the clean-up activity is not going to last very long.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Travis Kelce knows what the cynics might think of his relationship with Taylor Swift — two of the most famous people in America just happen to match up perfectly?
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Pessimists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pessimists. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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