pessimism

What is unusual about this campaign against pessimism is that it seems to target a range of online behaviour that could create or add to a sense of negativity.

Indeed, the infectious enthusiasm of the US tech giants about Britain jarred with the more general air of pessimism floating around the country.

However, reports on Wednesday reflected their growing pessimism, with the suggestion that it might not have been as successful as they had thought.

The all-purpose adage offering optimism — and sometimes pessimism — to those confronting a crisis head-on is: “This too shall pass.”

Despite widespread pessimism about the country's financial health, at the moment voters beyond the ranks of the party's existing supporters are less willing to trust the party on economy than they are on immigration.