OPTIMISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does optimism mean? 

• OPTIMISM (noun)
  The noun OPTIMISM has 2 senses:

1. the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well

2. a general disposition to expect the best in all things

  Familiarity information: OPTIMISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPTIMISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("optimism" is a kind of...):

hope (the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "optimism"):

sanguineness; sanguinity (feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident)

Antonym:

pessimism (the feeling that things will turn out badly)

Derivation:

optimist (a person disposed to take a favorable view of things)

optimistic (expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds)

optimistic (expecting the best)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A general disposition to expect the best in all things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("optimism" is a kind of...):

disposition; temperament (your usual mood)

Antonym:

pessimism (a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things)

Derivation:

optimist (a person disposed to take a favorable view of things)

optimistic (expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds)

optimistic (expecting the best)

 Context examples 

A potent aspect will connect financial Jupiter with surprise-a-minute Uranus, one that brings happiness, optimism, and joy.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A feeling of optimism that one will attain a desired outcome.

(Hope, NCI Thesaurus)

Your health will improve too, and your old optimism will return.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This is a very rare aspect that brings hope, optimism, joy, and electric unexpected good news.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You will show persistence, determination, and optimism, so no wonder people will be attracted to your energy, and they will want to follow you anywhere you lead.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This feeling of optimism might last or be fleeting—there is no way to tell from where I sit, so protect your tender heart.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

News about just how well you are doing will likely surface on a five-star day, December 15, when Uranus will contact good fortune planet Jupiter, spreading joy and optimism everywhere.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mars loves to be in Capricorn—the ancients wrote that Mars is exalted here and thereby expresses his greatest powers of energy and optimism in this sign.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A similar aspect to this (Jupiter trine Uranus) is coming now to inspire in us all a sense of joy, hope, and optimism.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A trine from Jupiter brings good health, optimism, and the possibility of finding an important new love interest or the growing closeness and deepening of love for your present partner.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)