optimism

From French optimisme, equivalent to Latin optimus +‎ -ism.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑptɪmɪzəm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒptɪmɪzəm/

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optimism (usually uncountable, plural optimisms)

1. a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome

   I love her youth, her beauty and above all her optimism that everything will turn out fine.

   • 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Hanks is known as being an avid reader of history and biography, and seems to seek out stories which offer a certain optimism and humanism. In other words, he plays – fundamentally – good people.

2. the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds
3. the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil

• pessimism

• optimist
• optimistic
• techno-optimism

• optimal

Borrowed from French optimisme. By surface analysis, optim +‎ -ism.

optimism n (uncountable)

1. optimism

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optimism c

1. optimism

   Antonym: pessimism

• optimist
• optimistisk

• optimism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• optimism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• optimism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)