pejoristn.

Brit.

/ˈpiːdʒərɪst/,

/ˈpɛdʒərɪst/, U.S.

/ˈpidʒərəst/,

/ˈpɛdʒərəst/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pēior , -ist suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin pēior worse (see pejorate v.) + -ist suffix, after pessimist n. Compare slightly earlier pejorism n.

A person who believes that the world is becoming worse.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of pessimism > [noun] > pejorism > adherent of

pejorist1879

1879 Albany (N.Y.) Law Jrnl. 20 425/1 Mr. Stickney is always original and thoughtful, even if..he is a little of a—we will not say pessimist, but coin for the occasion the expression—pejorist.

1890 E. A. Abbott in Times 10 Oct. 4/4 I am sure my censor would be the first to call me a ‘phrase-crammed’ pedant if I were to coin another barbarous word, and call him a ‘malist’, or a ‘pejorist’, or a ‘nihilist’, in order to describe his exact position.

1919 W. De Morgan Old Madhouse i. 3 Are we the better or the worse off by the change? The Optimist says better, the Pessimist says worse. I think the present writer must be sitting on a fence—a pejorist, suppose we say, since jargon is in vogue nowadays.

1933 A. E. Housman Let. 5 Feb. (1971) 329 I am not a pessimist but a pejorist (as George Eliot said she was not an optimist but a meliorist).

1988 Nation (Nexis) 6 Feb. 174 The pejorist need offer only a shrug or a sneer, since advanced art, by definition, lies outside the bounds of bourgeois rationalizing.

2002 C. Efrati Road of Danger, Guilt & Shame Pref. 18 It is true that his dominant theme..is pessimism, although he [sc. Housman] defined himself not as a pessimist but as a pejorist.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pejorist
释义	pejoristn. Brit. /ˈpiːdʒərɪst/, /ˈpɛdʒərɪst/, U.S. /ˈpidʒərəst/, /ˈpɛdʒərəst/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pēior , -ist suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin pēior worse (see pejorate v.) + -ist suffix, after pessimist n. Compare slightly earlier pejorism n. A person who believes that the world is becoming worse. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of pessimism > [noun] > pejorism > adherent of pejorist1879 1879 Albany (N.Y.) Law Jrnl. 20 425/1 Mr. Stickney is always original and thoughtful, even if..he is a little of a—we will not say pessimist, but coin for the occasion the expression—pejorist. 1890 E. A. Abbott in Times 10 Oct. 4/4 I am sure my censor would be the first to call me a ‘phrase-crammed’ pedant if I were to coin another barbarous word, and call him a ‘malist’, or a ‘pejorist’, or a ‘nihilist’, in order to describe his exact position. 1919 W. De Morgan Old Madhouse i. 3 Are we the better or the worse off by the change? The Optimist says better, the Pessimist says worse. I think the present writer must be sitting on a fence—a pejorist, suppose we say, since jargon is in vogue nowadays. 1933 A. E. Housman Let. 5 Feb. (1971) 329 I am not a pessimist but a pejorist (as George Eliot said she was not an optimist but a meliorist). 1988 Nation (Nexis) 6 Feb. 174 The pejorist need offer only a shrug or a sneer, since advanced art, by definition, lies outside the bounds of bourgeois rationalizing. 2002 C. Efrati Road of Danger, Guilt & Shame Pref. 18 It is true that his dominant theme..is pessimism, although he [sc. Housman] defined himself not as a pessimist but as a pejorist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1879
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