| optimist | 1. <psychology> 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. Origin: Cf. F. Optimiste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| optimistic | 1. <psychology> Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best. 2. Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |