The action of the worrywart par excellence, catastrophize has a bit of an odd history. 1860ĭefinition - to imagine the worst possible outcome of an action or event : to think about a situation or event as being a catastrophe or having a potentially catastrophic outcome The Delaware Gazette (Delaware, OH), 9 Nov.
If so, she bore it meekly, thanking God that he vouchsafed to keep her from the greater sin of mis-marriage. It is immaterial to the world whether this was a cause of sorrow to her or not. There is mésalliance ("a marriage with a person of inferior social position"), hypogamy ("marriage into a lower caste, class, or social group"), and the astonishingly specific morganatic ("of, relating to, or being a marriage between a member of a royal or noble family and a person of inferior rank in which the rank of the inferior partner remains unchanged and the children of the marriage do not succeed to the titles, fiefs, or entailed property of the parent of higher rank").īut what of the marriage that is composed of social equals, yet still manages to be unsuitable? English has that covered as well, for mismarriage is broad enough to describe unhappy unions of any sort. The English language, rich in the description of cooled ardor and poor choices, has a variety of words which may be grouped in the category of 'marital/bad.' For instance, we have a number of distinct words for referring to marriages between people who are socially unequal. Definition - an unsuitable marriage or union
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