bonism

See also: Bonism

English

Etymology

From Latin bonus (“good”) +‎ -ism.

Noun

bonism (usually uncountable, plural bonisms)

  1. (philosophy) The belief that the world, while not perfect, is fundamentally good.
    Antonym: malism
    • 1895, Lionel Arthur Tollemache, Benjamin Jowett, Master of Balliol, page 91:
      Jowett's optimism verges on pessimism, or, let us say, his bonism verges on malism.

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