OPTIMISM


Meaning of OPTIMISM in English

noun

an inclination to put the most favorable construction on actions and events or to anticipate the best possible outcome

was a practitioner of optimism in his everyday life

Synonyms: Pollyannaism, rose-colored spectacles, sanguineness, sanguinity

Related Word: brightness, buoyancy, happiness; idealism, positivism

Contrasted words: hopelessness; despair, gloom, melancholy; malism; defeatism, fatalism; cynicism

Antonyms: pessimism

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