Usually means: Expectation of positive outcomes generally.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. optimism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. optimism: Merriam-Webster
  3. optimism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. optimism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. optimism: Collins English Dictionary
  6. optimism: Vocabulary.com
  7. Optimism, optimism: Wordnik
  8. optimism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. optimism: Wiktionary
  10. optimism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. optimism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. optimism: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. optimism: Dictionary.com
  14. optimism: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. optimism: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Optimism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Optimism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. optimism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. optimism: Rhymezone
  20. optimism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. optimism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. optimism: FreeDictionary.org
  23. optimism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. optimism: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. optimism: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. optimism: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  2. The Ism Book (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. OPTIMISM: Accounting Glossary
  2. optimism: Legal dictionary
  3. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. optimism: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. optimism: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. optimism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. optimism: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  4. optimism: Medical dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Optimism: Catholic Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. optimism: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See optimisms as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome
noun:  the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds
noun:  the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil

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