That proved to be no more than an expression of optimism when World War II began.
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Optimism
//ˈɑptɪmɪzəm//
Synonyms for "optimism" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
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2 entriesSynonyms
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6 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
72 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- تَفَاؤُل noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- تَفَاؤُل noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
- تَفَاؤُل noun (the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil)
Armenian
1 entries- լավատեսություն noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Belarusian
1 entries- аптымі́зм noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Bulgarian
1 entries- оптими́зъм noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Catalan
3 entries- optimisme noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- optimisme noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
- optimisme noun (the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 樂觀主義 /乐观主义 noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- 樂觀主義 /乐观主义 noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
- 樂觀主義 /乐观主义 noun (the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil)
Czech
1 entries- optimismus noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Dutch
1 entries- optimisme noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Finnish
3 entries- optimismi noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- optimismi noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
- optimismi noun (the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil)
French
3 entries- optimisme noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- optimisme noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
- optimisme noun (the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil)
Galician
2 entries- optimismo noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- optimismo noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
Georgian
1 entries- ოპტიმიზმი noun (a tendency to expect the best)
German
2 entries- Optimismus noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- Zuversicht noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Greek
3 entries- αισιοδοξία noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- αισιοδοξία noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
- αισιοδοξία noun (the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil)
Hebrew
1 entries- אופטימיות noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Hindi
1 entries- आशावाद noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Hungarian
2 entries- derűlátás noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- optimizmus noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Italian
1 entries- ottimismo noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Japanese
3 entries- 楽観主義 noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- 楽観主義 noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
- 楽観主義 noun (the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil)
Korean
1 entries- 낙천주의 noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Low German
2 entries- Optimismus noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- Toversicht noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Marathi
1 entries- आशावाद noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Māori
1 entries- ngākau rorotu noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Norwegian
3 entries- optimisme noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- optimisme noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
- optimisme noun (the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil)
Persian
1 entries- خوشبینی noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Polish
1 entries- optymizm noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Portuguese
3 entries- otimismo noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- otimismo noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
- otimismo noun (the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil)
Romanian
1 entries- optimism noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Russian
3 entries- оптими́зм noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- оптими́зм noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
- оптими́зм noun (the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- optimìzam noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- optimìzam noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
- optimìzam noun (the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil)
- оптимѝзам noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Spanish
1 entries- optimismo noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Swedish
1 entries- optimism noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Thai
2 entries- สุทรรศนนิยม noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
- สุนิยม noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
Turkish
4 entries- iyimserlik noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- iyimserlik noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
- optimizm noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- optimizm noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
Ukrainian
1 entries- оптимі́зм noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự lạc quan noun (a tendency to expect the best)
Volapük
3 entries- fredim noun (a tendency to expect the best)
- fredim noun (the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds)
- fredim noun (the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
There is considerable optimism that the economy will improve.
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My father chose not to disturb my optimism.
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Optimism is merely a lack of information.
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