optimism
- 1A way of thinking that expects good things to happen, even when times are hard.
Like seeing a glass as half full instead of half empty.
Her optimism helped the team keep trying after they lost the first game.
Even after the storm damaged their house, he faced the repairs with optimism.
Similarhopefulness, hope, confidence, positivity
Oppositepessimism, despair, gloom
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- 2The belief that good will win over evil in the end.
Like trusting that the sun will come back after even the longest night.
His optimism that good people will win in the end kept him calm during the war.
Stories where heroes defeat villains feed our optimism that good always wins.
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- 3The idea that our world is the best world that could exist.
Like saying a finished painting could not be improved by any change.
In philosophy class, we argued about optimism and whether God could have made a better world.
He found comfort in optimism, believing the world could not be any better than it is.
Oppositepessimism
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Origin
From French "optimisme," based on the Latin word "optimus" meaning "best."