Mental Process
optimism Audio
op·ti·mism [ op-tuh-miz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Attitude
Definitions related to optimism:
  • A characteristic frame of mind that leads a person to expect positive outcomes and to view the world as a positive place.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • Mental attitude that interprets life events as generally being positive.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The tendency to believe that there is good in everything and to have positive thoughts about most things that happen.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Optimism, the theory, in philosophy, that the world is the best of all possible worlds or, in ethics, that life is worth living. It is derived from the Latin optimum ("best"). The philosophical view may involve theodicy, or argument to justify God as creator of the world, and it was with reference...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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