英和和英

発音

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

名詞

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:

     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

反意語

• pessimism

派生語

• optimist
• optimistic
• techno-optimism

関連する語

• optimal