Meaning of OPTIMIST
| Pronunciation: | | 'âptumist
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| | Definition: | | [n] a person disposed to take a favorable view of things |
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| | Antonyms: | | pessimist | | |
| | See Also: | | intellect, intellectual, millenarian, millenarist | |
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| | Definition: | | \Op"ti*mist\, n. [Cf. F. optimiste.]
1. (Metaph.) One who holds the opinion that all events are
ordered for the best.
2. One who looks on the bright side of things, or takes
hopeful views; -- opposed to {pessimist}.
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| | Related Terms: | | aspirant, aspirer, chiliast, dreamer, hopeful, hoper, idealist, irrepressible optimist, Leibnizian optimist, millenarian, millennialist, millennian, perfectibilist, perfectibilitarian, perfectionist, philosophical optimist, Pollyanna, positivist, ray of sunshine, utopian |
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