Definition of optimism Optimism
/ɑˈptʌmɪˌzʌm/ - [aptumizum] - op•ti•mism
We found 12 definitions of optimism from 8 different sources.
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What does optimism mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: optimisms |
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| optimism - the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well | ||
| pessimism a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things | ||
| hope one of the three Christian virtues | ||
| optimism - a general disposition to expect the best in all things | ||
| temperament, disposition an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- optimism (n.)
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. - optimism (n.)
A disposition to take the most hopeful view; -- opposed to pessimism.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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optimism
A general disposition to expect the best in all things.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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optimism
op′ti-mizm, n. the doctrine that everything is ordered for the best: a disposition to take a hopeful view of things—opp. to Pessimism.—v.i. Op′timise, to take the most hopeful view of anything.—n. Op′timist, one who holds that everything is ordered for the best.—adj. Optimist′ic.—adv. Optimist′ically.—n. Op′timum (bot.), that point of temperature at which metabolic—i.e. vegetative and fructificative processes are best carried on. [L. optimus, best.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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optimism
A cheerful frame of mind that enables a tea-kettle to sing though in hot water up to its nose.
Wikipedia 
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Optimism is a philosophy and a way of life. Optimists believe that the world is generally a positive place to be in. In the view of an optimist, people and things are good. In their view, things will work out in the end.
The opposing theory is called pessimism. Gottfried Leibnitz was a famous optimist. Arthur Schopenhauer is often considered to be a famous pessimist.
Optimism is associated with the idea of a glass looking "half full", instead of looking "Half empty".
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🔤- optimism, noun, singular of optimisms.
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