miserablist

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A form of miserabilist — One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism.

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Meanings

nounmiserablist (plural miserablists)

plural miserablists

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of miserabilist.

    A Certain Ratio's labelmates Section 25 were largely a Xerox copy of miserablists Joy Division, but they had one moment of dance floor transcendence.

    2006, Peter Shapiro, Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco

Origin

From miserable + -ist.

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Cite this entry
APA

miserablist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miserablist

MLA

“miserablist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miserablist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miserablist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miserablist.

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