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Optimism

Optimism Meaning & Definition
Optimism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Optimism?

[n] a general disposition to expect the best in all things
[n] the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well

Synonyms | Synonyms for Optimism:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Optimism: blitheness | blithesomeness | bright outlook | bright side | brightness | buoyancy | cheer | cheerful expectation | cheerfulness | cheeriness | cheery vein | eupeptic mien | geniality | gladness | gladsomeness | good cheer | happiness | hope | hopefulness | idealism | Leibnizian optimism | millennialism | optimisticalness | perfectibilism | perfectionism | philosophical optimism | pleasantness | Pollyannaism | positivism | radiance | rosy expectation | rosy outlook | sanguine expectation | sanguine humor | sanguineness | sanguinity | silver lining | sunniness | utopianism | winsomeness

See Also | disposition | hope | sanguineness | sanguinity | temperament

Optimism In Webster's Dictionary

\Op"ti*mism\, n. [L. optimus the best; akin to optio choice: cf. F. optimisme. See {Option}.] 1. (Metaph.) The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of things in the universe is such as to produce the highest good. 2. A disposition to take the most hopeful view; -- opposed to {pessimism}.

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