In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
PESSIMISMS
Noun
pessimisms
plural of pessimism
Source: Wiktionary
PESSIMISM
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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