pessimists
Glass-half-empty types
Pessimists are people who tend to expect unfavorable outcomes or dwell on the negative aspects of situations.
The word often carries mild disapproval: Don't listen to the pessimists—this plan can work.
Some pessimists wear the label proudly, claiming they're simply realistic: I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist.
German pessimist philosopher
- nihilistsDeniers of meaning
- fatalistsBelievers in predetermined outcomes
- deterministsThose denying free will
- existentialistsAuthenticity-focused philosophical school adherents
cynics · misanthropes · defeatists · doomsayers · skeptics · stoics · realists · Ecclesiastes
Those who dismiss ideas
- doomsayersThose predicting disaster
- killjoysFun-squelching people
- wet blanketsThose who dampen enthusiasm
- party poopersThose who diminish others' enjoyment
Debbie Downers · Eeyore · worrywarts · complainers · critics · skeptics · doubters · detractors
Tendency to weight bad heavier
- catastrophizingImagining worst-case outcomes
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- depressionProlonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
learned helplessness · cognitive distortion · worst-case · expectation · self-fulfilling prophecy · doom-scrolling · brooding · melancholy
Schopenhauer
German pessimist philosopher
- nihilistsDeniers of meaning
- fatalistsBelievers in predetermined outcomes
- deterministsThose denying free will
existentialists · cynics · misanthropes · defeatists · doomsayers · skeptics · stoics · realists · Ecclesiastes · weltschmerz
naysayers
Those who dismiss ideas
- doomsayersThose predicting disaster
- killjoysFun-squelching people
- wet blanketsThose who dampen enthusiasm
party poopers · Debbie Downers · Eeyore · worrywarts · complainers · critics · skeptics · doubters · detractors · contrarians
negativity bias
Tendency to weight bad heavier
- catastrophizingImagining worst-case outcomes
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- depressionProlonged low state
anxiety · learned helplessness · cognitive distortion · worst-case · expectation · self-fulfilling prophecy · doom-scrolling · brooding · melancholy · worry
bears
Supports or tolerates
crash · bubble · decline · contraction · forecast · analysts · investors · traders · market · correction
- negativistsdefeatists, doomers, doomsayers, negative Nellies, Debbie Downers
- emotional typesdepressed people, grumps, worriers, hotheads, enthusiasts
- overthinkersworriers, overthinkers, analyzers, ruminators, ponderers
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- obstaclesbarriers, block, obstacles, barrier, blockers