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1. (n.) optimism
a tendency to look on the more favorable side or to expect the most favorable outcome of events or conditions.
2. optimism
the belief that good will ultimately triumph over evil and that virtue will be rewarded.
3. optimism
the doctrine that the existing world is the best of all possible worlds.
Etymology: (1730–40; < F optimisme < L optim(um) (see optimum ) + F -isme -ism)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) optimism
the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well
2. (noun) optimism
a general disposition to expect the best in all things
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1. (noun) optimism
≠ pessimism
There is optimism now about the country's future.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Optimism
the doctrine or belief that in the system of things all that happens, the undesirable no less than the desirable, is for the best.
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Optimism
1. The instinct to lie.
2. Fatty degeneration of intelligence.
3. A philosophical system that attempts to demonstrate the existence of a pre-established Stupidity.
4. To believe that disease, dirt, earthquakes, fires, wars, politicians, blindness, and burial alive, celebrate and enhance the Glory of God.
5. To whistle while passing a cemetery in the night; to sing a hymn while having a tooth pulled; to smile while being robbed.
6. A tipple invented by Leigh Mitchell Hodges, the basis of which is clams and prune juice.
7. A kind of heart stimulant--the digitalis of failure.
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. Optimism
What a programmer is full of after fixing the last bug and before
discovering the next last bug. Fred Brooks's book
The Mythical Man-Month (See Brooks's
Law) contains the following paragraph that describes this
extremely well:
All programmers are optimists. Perhaps this modern sorcery especially
attracts those who believe in happy endings and fairy godmothers. Perhaps the
hundreds of nitty frustrations drive away all but those who habitually focus
on the end goal. Perhaps it is merely that computers are young, programmers
are younger, and the young are always optimists. But however the selection
process works, the result is indisputable: “This time it will surely
run,” or “I just found the last bug.”.
See also
Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology.
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Sense: a state of mind in which one always hopes or expects that something good will happen
Even when it was obvious to the others that he was not going to succeed he was full of optimism.
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 Czech: optimismus |
 German: der Optimismus |
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 Estonian: optimism |
 Farsi: خوش بینی |
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 Hebrew: אוֹפּטִימִיוּת |
 Hindi: आशावाद |
 Croatian: optimizam |
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 Icelandic: bjartsÿni |
 Italian: ottimismo |
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 Thai: การมองในแง่ดี |
 Turkish: iyimserlik |
 Taiwanese: 樂觀主義 |
 Ukrainian: оптимізм |
 Urdu: رجائيت، اميد پرستي |
 Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa lạc quan |
 Chinese: 乐观主义 |
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