optimism

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French optimisme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑptɪmɪzəm/
• 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

Translations

a tendency to expect the best

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

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

• Czech: optimismus (cs) m
• Finnish: optimismi (fi)
• French: optimisme (fr) m
• Galician: optimismo m
• Georgian: ოპტიმიზმი (ka) (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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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
• Norwegian: optimisme m
• Persian: خوش‌بینی (fa) (xoš-bini)
• 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) (lèguān zhǔyì), 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: optimisme m
• Portuguese: otimismo (pt) m
• Russian: оптими́зм (ru) m (optimízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оптимѝзам m

  Roman: optimìzam (sh) m

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

the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil

• Catalan: optimisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 樂觀主義／乐观主义 (zh) (lèguān zhǔyì), 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: optimisme m
• Portuguese: otimismo (pt) m
• Russian: оптими́зм (ru) m (optimízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оптимѝзам m

  Roman: optimìzam (sh) m

• Volapük: fredim (vo)