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)

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

Antonyms

pessimism

Derived terms

Related terms

optimal

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) (lèguānzhǔyì)
Czech: optimismus (cs) m
Dutch: optimisme (nl) n
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. By surface analysis, optim +‎ -ism.

Noun

optimism n (uncountable)

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

optimism c

optimism
Antonym: pessimism

Declension

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

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