Usually means: Expectation of positive outcomes generally.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. optimism: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. optimism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. optimism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. optimism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. optimism: Vocabulary.com
  6. Optimism, optimism: Wordnik
  7. optimism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. optimism: Wiktionary
  9. optimism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. optimism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. optimism: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. optimism: Dictionary.com
  13. optimism: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. optimism: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Optimism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Optimism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. optimism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. optimism: Rhymezone
  19. optimism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. optimism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. optimism: Free Dictionary
  22. optimism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. optimism: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. 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. Optimism: Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary

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

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

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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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