optimism

English

Etymology

From French optimisme.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑptɪmɪzəm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒptɪmɪzəm/

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Noun

optimism (usually uncountable, plural optimisms)

1. a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome

   I love her youth, her beauty and above all her optimism that everything will turn out fine.

2. the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds
3. the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil

Antonyms

• pessimism

Derived terms

• optimist
• optimistic

Related terms

• optimal

Translations

a tendency to expect the best

• Arabic: تَفَاؤُل‎ m (tafāʔul)
• Armenian: լավատեսություն (hy) (lavatesutʿyun)
• Belarusian: аптымі́зм m (aptymízm)
• Bulgarian: оптими́зъм (bg) m (optimízǎm)
• Catalan: optimisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 樂觀主義／乐观主义 (zh) (lèguānzhǔyì)

• Czech: optimismus (cs) m
• Finnish: optimismi (fi)
• French: optimisme (fr) m
• Galician: optimismo m
• Georgian: ოპტიმიზმი (oṗṭimizmi)
• German: Optimismus (de) m, Zuversicht (de) f
• Greek: αισιοδοξία (el) f (aisiodoxía)
• Hebrew: אופטימיות‎ f (optímiut)
• Hindi: आशावाद m (āśāvād)
• Hungarian: optimizmus (hu), derűlátás (hu)
• Italian: ottimismo (it) m
• Japanese: 楽観主義 (らっかんしゅぎ, rakkanshugi)
• Korean: 낙천주의 (nakcheonjuui)
• Low German:

  German Low German: Toversicht f, Optimismus m

• Maori: ngākau rorotu
• Marathi: आशावाद m (āśāvād)
• Norwegian: optimisme m
• Persian: خوش‌بینی‎ (fa) (xoš-bini)
• Polish: optymizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: otimismo (pt) m
• Romanian: optimism (ro) n
• Russian: оптими́зм (ru) m (optimízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оптимѝзам m

  Roman: optimìzam (sh) m

• Spanish: optimismo (es) m
• Swedish: optimism (sv) c
• Turkish: optimizm (tr), iyimserlik (tr)
• Ukrainian: оптимі́зм m (optymízm)
• Volapük: fredim (vo)

the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds

• Arabic: تَفَاؤُل‎ m (tafāʔul)
• Catalan: optimisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 樂觀主義／乐观主义 (zh) (lèguānzhǔyì)

• Finnish: optimismi (fi)
• French: optimisme (fr) m
• Galician: optimismo m
• Greek: αισιοδοξία (el) f (aisiodoxía)
• Japanese: 楽観主義 (らっかんしゅぎ, rakkanshugi)
• Norwegian: optimisme m
• Portuguese: otimismo (pt) m
• Russian: оптими́зм (ru) m (optimízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оптимѝзам m

  Roman: optimìzam (sh) m

• Thai: สุทรรศนนิยม, สุนิยม
• Turkish: optimizm (tr), iyimserlik (tr)
• Volapük: fredim (vo)

the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil

• Arabic: تَفَاؤُل‎ m (tafāʔul)
• Catalan: optimisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 樂觀主義／乐观主义 (zh) (lèguānzhǔyì)

• Finnish: optimismi (fi)
• French: optimisme (fr) m
• Greek: αισιοδοξία (el) f (aisiodoxía)
• Japanese: 楽観主義 (らっかんしゅぎ, rakkanshugi)
• Norwegian: optimisme m
• Portuguese: otimismo (pt) m
• Russian: оптими́зм (ru) m (optimízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оптимѝзам m

  Roman: optimìzam (sh) m

• Volapük: fredim (vo)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French optimisme.

Noun

optimism n (uncountable)

1. optimism

Declension

declension of optimism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) optimism	optimismul
genitive/dative	(unui) optimism	optimismului
vocative	optimismule

Swedish

Noun

optimism c

1. optimism

   Antonym: pessimism

Declension

Declension of optimism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	optimism	optimismen	—	—
Genitive	optimisms	optimismens	—	—

Related terms

• optimist
• optimistisk

References

• optimism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• optimism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• optimism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)