*
I.classic contraries
| |n. / adj. | |
|optimist | |sees the future as bright, is hopeful |
|pessimist | |sees the future as dark, is despairing |
|egotist | |puts him/herself first always; conceited [cf. narcissist, self-indulgent] |
|altruist | |puts others first; generous, willing to sacrifice, possibly die for another |
|cynic | |considers all life to be essentially rotten, whatever looks good is surely a fraud |
|idealist | |considers life, the world, human race to be essentially good |
|naïve | |believes everything s/he hears even without proof {gullible, credulous} |
|skeptical | |doubts everything until given absolute proof |
|hedonist | |lives only for pleasure {sybarite} |
|puritan | |lives only to do his/her duty, considers most pleasure corrupting |
| | |... [continues]
I.classic contraries
| |n. / adj. | |
|optimist | |sees the future as bright, is hopeful |
|pessimist | |sees the future as dark, is despairing |
|egotist | |puts him/herself first always; conceited [cf. narcissist, self-indulgent] |
|altruist | |puts others first; generous, willing to sacrifice, possibly die for another |
|cynic | |considers all life to be essentially rotten, whatever looks good is surely a fraud |
|idealist | |considers life, the world, human race to be essentially good |
|naïve | |believes everything s/he hears even without proof {gullible, credulous} |
|skeptical | |doubts everything until given absolute proof |
|hedonist | |lives only for pleasure {sybarite} |
|puritan | |lives only to do his/her duty, considers most pleasure corrupting |
| | |... [continues]
Cite This Essay
- APA
-
(2011, 10). Human Types. StudyMode.com. Retrieved 10, 2011, from http://www.studymode.com/essays/Human-Types-811346.html
- MLA
-
"Human Types" StudyMode.com. 10 2011. 10 2011 <http://www.studymode.com/essays/Human-Types-811346.html>.
- CHICAGO
-
"Human Types." StudyMode.com. 10, 2011. Accessed 10, 2011. http://www.studymode.com/essays/Human-Types-811346.html.