About The Word Optimism
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Optimism
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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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