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miserablism

miserablism

English

Noun

miserablism (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of miserabilism
    • 2007 March 21, Manohla Dargis, “Those New Directors Keep on Emerging...”, in New York Times:
      Also screening during this first festival week is Andrea Arnold’s “Red Road,” a well-acted slice of British miserablism about a woman out for revenge by any preposterous means necessary.