overpessimism
Too much doom-thinking
Overpessimism is excessive or unwarranted pessimism—expecting worse outcomes than circumstances justify.
The term implies that some pessimism might be reasonable, but this goes too far: His overpessimism about the economy led him to miss good investment opportunities.
Often used as a gentle correction: I think that's overpessimism on your part.
Doctrine of inevitable outcomes
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- negativityDisposition toward pessimism
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- demoralizationLoss of confidence and hope
discouragement · nihilism · bleakness · despair · dejection · downheartedness · disheartenment · defeatist
Disposition toward doubt
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- mistrustLack of faith
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- naysayingExpressing persistent disagreement
doubt · suspicion · jadedness · disillusionment · world-weariness · scoffing · dismissiveness · negativism
Cautious distrust
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- fearfulnessChronic state of dread
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- timidityFearful lack of courage
trepidation · anxiety · worry · overcaution · misgiving · second-guessing · overprotectiveness · hypervigilance
Subdued, lasting sadness
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- sombernessGrave, serious quality
- drearinessState of dispiriting dullness
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
moroseness · glumness · brooding · heaviness · mournfulness · woefulness · cheerlessness · joylessness
fatalism
Doctrine of inevitable outcomes
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- negativityDisposition toward pessimism
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
demoralization · discouragement · nihilism · bleakness · despair · dejection · downheartedness · disheartenment · defeatist · surrendering
skepticism
Disposition toward doubt
naysaying · doubt · suspicion · jadedness · disillusionment · world-weariness · scoffing · dismissiveness · negativism · doomsayer
wariness
Cautious distrust
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- fearfulnessChronic state of dread
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
timidity · trepidation · anxiety · worry · overcaution · misgiving · second-guessing · overprotectiveness · hypervigilance · paralysis
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- sombernessGrave, serious quality
- drearinessState of dispiriting dullness
gloom · moroseness · glumness · brooding · heaviness · mournfulness · woefulness · cheerlessness · joylessness · darkness
overpessimismoveroptimism
Unwarranted belief things will work
Pollyannaism · irrational exuberance · wishful thinking · hopefulness · sanguineness
overpessimismrealism
Accepting things as they are
level-headedness · groundedness · pragmatism · equanimity · objectivity