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[ adjective ] expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds
Examples "in an optimistic mood" "optimistic plans" "took an optimistic view" Used in print (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)During the next five years the leaders of the Fair_Deal reluctantly backed_down from the optimistic expectations of the New_Deal . (Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)It was , too , an optimistic philosophy , and , though it separated law from morality , it was by_no_means an immoral or amoral one . Related terms pessimistic rose-colored cheerful starry-eyed bullish sanguine positive hopeful |
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[ adjective ] expecting the best
Synonyms Examples "an affirmative outlook" Related terms |
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