OPTIMISM
\ˈɒptɪmˌɪzəm], \ˈɒptɪmˌɪzəm], \ˈɒ_p_t_ɪ_m_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of OPTIMISM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A disposition to take the most hopeful view; - opposed to pessimism.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A disposition to take the most hopeful view; - opposed to pessimism.
By Noah Webster.
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The belief that everything happens for the best; the inclination to look on the best side of things: opposite to pessimism.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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