Look up: optimism

1. optimism
   [Noun] A feeling or belief that things will get better, or that they will turn out for the best.
   Example: Her optimism meant that she brought a lottery ticket every week, even though she had never won anything.
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2. optimism
   [n] - the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well 2. [n] - a general disposition to expect the best in all things
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3. Optimism
   Op'ti·mism noun [ Latin optimus the best; akin to optio choice: confer French optimisme . See Option .] 1. (Metaph.) The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being the work of God, is ordered for the...
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4. optimism
   1. <psychology> 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. ... Origin: L. Opt...
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5. optimism
   noun a general disposition to expect the best in all things
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6. optimism
   noun the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well
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7. 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. • (n.) A disposition to take the most hopeful view; -- opposed to pessimism.
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8. Optimism
   (Lat. optimus, the best) The view inspired by wishful thinking, success, faith, or philosophic reflection, that the world as it exists is not so bad or even the best possible, life is good, and man's destiny is bright. Philosophically most persuasively propounded by Leibniz in his Theodicee, accordi...
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9. optimism
   Type: Term Pronunciation: op′ti-mizm Definitions: 1. The tendency to look on the bright side of everything, to believe that there is good in everything.
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10. optimism
    The tendency to believe that there is good in everything and to have positive thoughts about most things that happen.
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11. optimism
    What a programmer is full of after fixing the last bug and just before actually discovering the *next* last bug. Fred Brooks's book 'The Mythical Man-Month' contains the following paragraph that describes this extremely well. All programmers are optimists. Perhaps this modern sorcery especially at...
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12. Optimism
    :"Positive thinking" redirects here. For songs of that title, see Positive Thinking. The Oxford English Dictionary defines `optimism` as having "hopefulness and confidence about the future or successful outcome of something; a tendency to take a favourable or hopeful vie...
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