as in hopefulness
an inclination to believe in the most favorable outcome
your perpetual optimism even when things look bleak
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Recent Examples of optimism
The family’s mediator and breadwinner, the one who carried its optimism and kept it afloat, was Bruce’s mother Adele, who worked as a legal secretary.
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Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
But each season, the eternal optimism quickly wanes when one of the team’s top players gets injured.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025
Despite Richardson’s optimism, Arizonans will have to wait to see how and when the leaves change.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
But the experts at Bleacher Report apparently aren't feeling a lot of optimism about the 49ers.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
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Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
But each season, the eternal optimism quickly wanes when one of the team’s top players gets injured.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025
Despite Richardson’s optimism, Arizonans will have to wait to see how and when the leaves change.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
But the experts at Bleacher Report apparently aren't feeling a lot of optimism about the 49ers.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimism
Noun
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Your characters are constantly singing songs from a 2007-through-2010 catalogue, and there’s this undercurrent of hopefulness to all of them.—
Justin Caffier,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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The piece also has this feeling of hopefulness.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While observing it, astronomers noticed a brief, one-time-only spike in brightness, possibly indicating a gamma-ray burst.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
22 Sep. 2025
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The truth is that subtleties of tonal range, not least brightness and contrast, can be adjusted by the corrector-in-chief.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As Milchick, Tillman infused an unnerving cheerfulness into Lumon Industries’ macrodata refinement supervisor, a character who became increasingly central in Season 2.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
15 Sep. 2025
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Her vivacious attitude connects her with Aries (Stacey’s actual birthday is April 3) due to her fearlessness and cheerfulness in situations, no matter what is thrown at her.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Optimism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optimism. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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