Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
PESSIMISM
pessimism
(noun) a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things
pessimism
(noun) the feeling that things will turn out badly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pessimism (usually uncountable, plural pessimisms)
A general belief that bad things will happen.
The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.
(computing) The condition of being pessimal.
Antonyms
• optimism
Source: Wiktionary
Pes"si*mism, n. Etym: [L. pessimus worst, superl. of pejor worse: cf. F. pessimisme. Cf. Impair.]
1. (Metaph.)
Definition: The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the world is wholly evil; -- opposed to Ant: optimism.
2. A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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