"optimism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɑptɪmɪzəm/ [General-American], /ˈɒptɪmɪzəm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-optimism.ogg Forms: optimisms [plural]
Etymology: From French optimisme, equivalent to Latin optimus + -ism. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|optimisme}} French optimisme, {{af|en|la:optimus|-ism}} Latin optimus + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} optimism (usually uncountable, plural optimisms)
  1. a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (a tendency to expect the best): تَفَاؤُل (tafāʔul) [masculine] (Arabic), լավատեսություն (lavatesutʻyun) (Armenian), аптымі́зм (aptymízm) [masculine] (Belarusian), оптими́зъм (optimízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), optimisme [masculine] (Catalan), 樂觀主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 乐观主义 (lèguānzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), optimismus [masculine] (Czech), optimisme [neuter] (Dutch), optimismi (Finnish), optimisme [masculine] (French), optimismo [masculine] (Galician), ოპტიმიზმი (oṗṭimizmi) (Georgian), Optimismus [masculine] (German), Zuversicht [feminine] (German), αισιοδοξία (aisiodoxía) [feminine] (Greek), אופטימיות (optímiut) [feminine] (Hebrew), आशावाद (āśāvād) [masculine] (Hindi), optimizmus (Hungarian), derűlátás (Hungarian), ottimismo [masculine] (Italian), 楽観主義 (rakkanshugi) (alt: らっかんしゅぎ) (Japanese), 낙천주의 (nakcheonjuui) (Korean), Toversicht [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), Optimismus [German-Low-German, masculine] (Low German), ngākau rorotu (Maori), आशावाद (āśāvād) [masculine] (Marathi), optimisme [masculine] (Norwegian), خوشبینی (xoš-bini) (Persian), optymizm [masculine] (Polish), otimismo [masculine] (Portuguese), optimism [neuter] (Romanian), оптими́зм (optimízm) [masculine] (Russian), оптимѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), optimìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), optimismo [masculine] (Spanish), optimism [common-gender] (Swedish), optimizm (Turkish), iyimserlik (Turkish), оптимі́зм (optymízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), sự lạc quan (Vietnamese), fredim (Volapük)
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  2. the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds): تَفَاؤُل (tafāʔul) [masculine] (Arabic), optimisme [masculine] (Catalan), 樂觀主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 乐观主义 (lèguānzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), optimismi (Finnish), optimisme [masculine] (French), optimismo [masculine] (Galician), αισιοδοξία (aisiodoxía) [feminine] (Greek), 楽観主義 (rakkanshugi) (alt: らっかんしゅぎ) (Japanese), optimisme [masculine] (Norwegian), otimismo [masculine] (Portuguese), оптими́зм (optimízm) [masculine] (Russian), оптимѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), optimìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), สุทรรศนนิยม (Thai), สุนิยม (Thai), optimizm (Turkish), iyimserlik (Turkish), fredim (Volapük)
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  3. the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil): تَفَاؤُل (tafāʔul) [masculine] (Arabic), optimisme [masculine] (Catalan), 樂觀主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 乐观主义 (lèguānzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), optimismi (Finnish), optimisme [masculine] (French), αισιοδοξία (aisiodoxía) [feminine] (Greek), 楽観主義 (rakkanshugi) (alt: らっかんしゅぎ) (Japanese), optimisme [masculine] (Norwegian), otimismo [masculine] (Portuguese), оптими́зм (optimízm) [masculine] (Russian), оптимѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), optimìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fredim (Volapük)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: optimist, optimistic, techno-optimism Related terms: optimal

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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "optimismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aisiodoxía",
      "sense": "the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αισιοδοξία"
    },
    {
      "alt": "らっかんしゅぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rakkanshugi",
      "sense": "the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds",
      "word": "楽観主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "optimisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "otimismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "optimízm",
      "sense": "the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оптими́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оптимѝзам"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "optimìzam"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds",
      "word": "สุทรรศนนิยม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds",
      "word": "สุนิยม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds",
      "word": "optimizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds",
      "word": "iyimserlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds",
      "word": "fredim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tafāʔul",
      "sense": "the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَفَاؤُل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "optimisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil",
      "word": "樂觀主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lèguānzhǔyì",
      "sense": "the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil",
      "word": "乐观主义"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil",
      "word": "optimismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "optimisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aisiodoxía",
      "sense": "the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αισιοδοξία"
    },
    {
      "alt": "らっかんしゅぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rakkanshugi",
      "sense": "the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil",
      "word": "楽観主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "optimisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "otimismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "optimízm",
      "sense": "the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оптими́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оптимѝзам"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "optimìzam"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil",
      "word": "fredim"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "optimism"
  ],
  "word": "optimism"
}

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