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svartsyn

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Etymology

Compound of svart (“black”) +‎ syn (“view”). Apparently a calque of Danish sortsyn, coined by Danish critic Georg Brandes in 1895. First attested in 1908.^[1]

Noun

svartsyn c

pessimism

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	svartsyn	svartsyns
singular	definite	svartsynen	svartsynens
plural	indefinite	—	—
plural	definite	—	—

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Declension of svartsyn

Related terms

svartsynt

References

[1]
svartsyn in Svensk ordbok (SO)

svartsyn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
svartsyn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
“sortsyn” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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