Sentence examples for pessimistic tendency from inspiring English sources

This pessimistic tendency has lately become more pronounced in 313 and the surrounding area codes.

Mr. Lee, for instance, often criticizes his mother for her pessimistic tendencies, he said, adding that it isn't until his co-workers tell him that he is being too judgmental that he rethinks his position.

"There is a tendency to be quite pessimistic about treatment and what it can do for people," Lubman said.

I single-out a few of my emotional and physiological problems: unexplained dermatitis on my scalp, my general pessimistic attitude towards life, and my tendency to panic when I lose control.

I am worried about our tendency to adopt a fatalistic, pessimistic perception of history.

A pessimistic cognitive bias is manifested in an increased tendency of subjects to classify stimuli as likely to predict punishment (or a reward of less value).

A related finding that depressed individuals reported worse outcomes of past decisions may be explained by the general tendency to evaluate situations in a negative, pessimistic manner.

There is a tendency by outside observers "to perhaps be excessively pessimistic," he said.

This tendency is characteristic of a depressive attributional, or pessimistic explanatory style.

The strong relationship between overall satisfaction with life and opinion on care expresses the influence of the individual affective disposition trait (i.e. general tendency of an individual to be optimistic or pessimistic) which influences job satisfaction, a concept very close to patient satisfaction with care [ 49].

Brad Plumer, at Ezra Klein's WonkBlog, looks at the tendency of the monthly payroll reports to be too pessimistic.