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defensive pessimism
The adaptive value of anticipating problems and harnessing one’s anxiety to motivate effective action. Eg: save those under unrealistic optimism.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Psychology
- Category: Social psychology
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- Jordan Garcia
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