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Blend of pessimist + optimist, coined by British translator Trevor LeGassick in his 1985 translation of Emile Habibi's 1974 Arabic-language novel The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pessoptimist
Today it means: A person who possesses elements of both pessimism and optimism. Full definition →