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Nominalist vs Pessimist - What's the difference?

nominalist | pessimist |

As nouns the difference between nominalist and pessimist

is that nominalist is an adherent of any of the various kinds of nominalism while pessimist is pessimist.

nominalist

English

(Nominalism)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An adherent of any of the various kinds of nominalism.

    • Related terms

    * nominal * nominalism

    pessimist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.

    • Antonyms

    * optimist

    Related terms

    * pessimism * pessimistic

    Hyponyms

    * bear (in finance)