| A combination of loss of power and historiographical miserabilism leaves a society in poor condition to maintain its social fabric. |
| If you're a glum dour downbeat killjoy who has nothing to peddle but reheated miserabilism, you will come across as a bitter fool, and no one will be persuaded. |
| So if French intellectuals are predominantly critical pessimists, miserabilism may in part be the consequence of holding them in such esteem. |
| But perhaps Gwyneth was able to clinch the deal by demonstrating that she had some familiarity with existential miserabilism. |
| England's World Cup song should embrace the national pastimes of miserabilism and self-deprecation. |
| Yet miserabilism seems to have a greater hold on the French mind today. I doubt, therefore I amOne reason could be the French appetite for brutal self-criticism. |
