optimism
nounUS /ˈɑptɪmɪzəm/ · UK /ˈɒptɪmɪzəm/
Etymology From French optimisme, equivalent to Latin optimus + -ism.
1
Usually a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome
- I love her youth, her beauty and above all her optimism that everything will turn out fine.
- Hanks is known as being an avid reader of history and biography, and seems to seek out stories which offer a certain optimism and humanism. In other words, he plays – fundamentally – good people.2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC:
2
Usually the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds
3
Usually the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil
- Antonyms
- pessimism
- Derived terms
- cyberoptimism, optimist, optimistic, overoptimism, poptimism, techno-optimism
- Related terms
- optimal