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jmdict 2838540 Active (id: 1999674)
絶望視
ぜつぼうし
1. [n,vs]
▶ viewing as hopeless
▶ feeling that all is lost

Conjugations


History:
2. A 2019-03-07 02:08:46  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
nikk
G n-grams: 6936
  Comments:
The word itself does not mean "presuming to be dead". That is inferred from the context.
  Diff:
@@ -12,3 +11,0 @@
-<gloss>hopelessness</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
@@ -16 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>to be presumed dead</gloss>
+<gloss>viewing as hopeless</gloss>
+<gloss>feeling that all is lost</gloss>
1. A* 2019-03-07 00:44:36  Nicolas Maia <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://kotobank.jp/word/絶望視-2055247#E7.B2.BE.E9.81.B8.E7.89.88.20.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E5.9B.BD.E8.AA.9E.E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E5.85.B8
https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=絶望視&ref=sa
  Comments:
Not too crazy about the first definition, but the second one I found with this exact translation in the book 1日15分の漢字練習 中級(下), in the sentence 「絶望視されていた人達が、奇跡的に発見された。」

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