[U] ~ (about / for sth) a feeling that good things will happen and that sth will be successful; the tendency to have this feeling:
optimism about / for the future * We may now look forward with optimism. * a mood of cautious optimism * There are very real grounds for optimism. * Both sides have expressed optimism about the chances of an early agreement.
OPPPESSIMISM
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for optimism is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is optimism a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, optimism is tagged as noun.
Does optimism appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — optimism appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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