Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being miserable; miserabilism.
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- noun Alternative form of
miserabilism .
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Examples
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I've often been called the high priest of gothic miserablism, which is slightly unfair. "
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At least the naivety of those “genre” novels has been put in its place; these pretend to be proper books, with complex approaches to trauma, even as in their use of the strange and the diegetic they seek to infiltrate and undermine the literary order — which is to say the self-sustaining absolutes, the “what is, is” of maieutic miserablism.
Bukiet on Brooklyn Books Hal Duncan 2009
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Yes, miserablism is quite the thing in the chancelleries these days.
Hugh Muir's diary 2012
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At least the naivety of those “genre” novels has been put in its place; these pretend to be proper books, with complex approaches to trauma, even as in their use of the strange and the diegetic they seek to infiltrate and undermine the literary order — which is to say the self-sustaining absolutes, the “what is, is” of maieutic miserablism.
Archive 2009-07-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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But somehow they transcend miserablism; they inspire.
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I found the film's fractured chronology, grimy miserablism, and Cotillard's ferrety frenzy nerve-wracking, with no compensating grace notes to offset the squalor and syringes.
Little Sparrow, Big Thirst: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009
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Swift Winds is a back-pocket compendium of subversive texts, marvelous manifestos, mutinous rants, outrageous ideas, utopian dreams, impossible demands and incendiary broadsides strategically aimed at countering the pathos of miserablism with the uncontrollable laughter of the insurgent imagination.
Portland Book Events: March 22-28 - Reading Local: Portland 2009
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Swift Winds is a back-pocket compendium of subversive texts, marvelous manifestos, mutinous rants, outrageous ideas, utopian dreams, impossible demands and incendiary broadsides strategically aimed at countering the pathos of miserablism with the uncontrollable laughter of the insurgent imagination.
Today’s Featured Book Event-Dunn, Sampsell, Ligon, and Walter at Powells - Reading Local: Portland 2009
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Unlike tragedies, superhero serials don't end; what we get instead is miserablism, or tragedy without catharsis.
What I bought – 27 February 2008 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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Well, imagine Crash's sledgehammer racist miserablism stretched out for hour after hour after hour after hour, possibly for years.
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