The miserabilism is not a conclusion but a premise: What is, is. From Wordnik.com. [Bukiet on Brooklyn Books] Reference
It is instead simply the shallow self-sustaining logic of a depressive and defeatist miserabilism. From Wordnik.com. [Bukiet on Brooklyn Books] Reference
Because by 'the rest of us' you mean 'Guardian readers and the rest of this country's socially, intellectually and morally diseased holders of diplomas in advanced miserabilism'. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Mangan: What is it with Tories and royalty?] Reference
Another example of wallowing in lower class miserabilism without the tact, beauty and poignancy of this years Samson and Delilah or the horror and ferocity of Rowan Woods' The Boys. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
It was a novelty seeing Jon Hamm on the Letterman show last week, smiling, laughing, and oozing relaxation, all of the traits denied him in his role as TV's foremost manwich of miserabilism, Don Draper. From Wordnik.com. [By the Blight of the Silvery Moon: Mad Men Postmortem: James Wolcott] Reference
So I suspect if readers are looking for "happy endings" it may be less about a desire for infantile solace as a dismissal of the sort of bourgeois miserabilism which wrongly equates "serious" and "solemn". From Wordnik.com. [WHEN THE BAR HAS NO LOWER TO GO ... CHOICES*] Reference
“Predisposed to miserabilism” » Nieman Journalism Lab. From Wordnik.com. [“Predisposed to miserabilism” » Nieman Journalism Lab] Reference
What is striking about McWilliams 'radicalism is its miserabilism. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
Murray, when the mood takes him, cuts a neat line in tartan miserabilism. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
In the main, it's pretty innocuous stuff - charges of miserabilism and so on. From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
On the theme of scandinavian miserabilism, is it just me or is "Sitting down here" by Lene Marlin a really miserable song with an upbeat tempo?. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Yes, if last year's winner, Anne Enright's The Gathering, was accused of being a work of Irish miserabilism, then her book has nothing on this. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
I have the luxury of being able cultivate a kind of gloomy insolence towards the whole thing, thereby fending off the miserabilism that would otherwise set in. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
I'm not familiar with the Smiths work - their affected miserabilism never appealed to me - so could somebody please tip me off if Richard or anyone else is just making up song titles?. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Terence Davies 'visual poem about his early life in Liverpool is not as rose-tinted as you might think, but his trademark miserabilism is leavened by the enchanting archive clips and music. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Ironically, or sardonically, or surreally, the group who invented Mancunian miserabilism chose to illustrate the sensation with a video featuring bizarrely costumed men slapping each other's faces. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
The Fall it is the assumption of intellectual superiority, it is the alleged subversiveness, it is the sub-Beefheartian racket they make - but above all - that combination of northern miserabilism and sneering "wisdom" makes everyone who listens to them unhappy after doing so. From Wordnik.com. [Word Magazine - Comments] Reference
You can’t avoid being tagged as habitual downers when you’re in the news business, because the Truth Hurts, or at least Hurts Someone Else – but sometimes I suspect many people in the news business are temperamentally predisposed to miserabilism, because the idea of an unjust world run by monied smileys explains why the cheerleader turned them down for a date in high school. From Wordnik.com. [“Predisposed to miserabilism” » Nieman Journalism Lab] Reference
“Predisposed to miserabilism”. From Wordnik.com. [“Predisposed to miserabilism” » Nieman Journalism Lab] Reference
“Predisposed to miserabilism” ». From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian ups the ante on APIs » Nieman Journalism Lab] Reference
Sounds like 'Angela's Ashes' style miserabilism. From Wordnik.com. [We know Major Tom's a junkie] Reference
River "is a minimalist study of rural miserabilism that never develops into a real narrative, but does offer a rare glimpse into a harsh, politically unpleasant corner of East Asia. From Wordnik.com. [Variety.com] Reference
No doubt the president's time on the links made for bad optics (an observation that predates the Christmas Day plot, by the way; last month, no less august a chronicler of liberal miserabilism than. From Wordnik.com. [The Corner on National Review Online] Reference
Jim Ridley in the Voice: "The whole ridiculous thing could serve as one of Sam Garbarski's tone didn't fluctuate between kitchen-sink miserabilism and the smirky archness of a Very Special Are You Being Served?. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
Vera Drake's cheerfulness sans miserabilism?. From Wordnik.com. [Film Experience Blog] Reference
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