optimisms
Beliefs things improve
Optimism is the quality of being hopeful about the future, and it arises from an expectation of good or favorable outcomes.
Optimism is the opposite of pessimism.
Someone who is optimistic is characterized by optimism: There’s no reason to be optimistic about the outcome of the trial.
Expectation of positive outcomes
- positivityHopeful mental orientation
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- sanguinityCheerful confidence about outcomes
- idealismBelief in noble principles
Leibniz · Voltaire · utopianism · faith · cheerfulness · buoyancy · expectancy · assurance
Capacity to recover quickly
- cognitiveRelating to thinking
- learnedHaving much knowledge
- mindsetEstablished mental attitude
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
coping · well-being · disposition · temperament · outlook · self-efficacy · flourishing · thriving
Venue for trade
- investorOne who allocates capital
- consumerOne who acquires goods
- bullishExpecting market gains
- forecastsPredicts future conditions
projections · sentiment · growth · recovery · boom · upturn · rally · speculation
From the U.S.
- WesternOf Euro-American civilization
- collectiveJointly organized group
- individualistOne who values autonomy
- progressMovement toward improvement
prosperity · ubuntu · karma · dharma · can-do · aspirational · bootstrap · dreaming
hopefulness
Expectation of positive outcomes
- positivityHopeful mental orientation
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- sanguinityCheerful confidence about outcomes
idealism · Leibniz · Voltaire · utopianism · faith · cheerfulness · buoyancy · expectancy · assurance · weltanschauung
resilience
Capacity to recover quickly
attribution · coping · well-being · disposition · temperament · outlook · self-efficacy · flourishing · thriving · adaptive
market
Venue for trade
forecasts · projections · sentiment · growth · recovery · boom · upturn · rally · speculation · expectations
American
From the U.S.
- WesternOf Euro-American civilization
- collectiveJointly organized group
- individualistOne who values autonomy
progress · prosperity · ubuntu · karma · dharma · can-do · aspirational · bootstrap · dreaming · opportunity
cautious
Careful to avoid risk
pragmatic · bounded · qualified · conditional · hedged · moderate · restrained · careful · grounded · reasonable
optimismsnegativisms
Habitual oppositional attitudes
defeatisms · doomsayings · worst-case thinking · forebodings · apprehensions
optimismscynicisms
Distrustful, mocking observations
skepticisms · distrusts · misanthropies · suspicions · jadedness
optimismsdespairs
Abandons all expectation
glooms · cynicisms · melancholies · dejections · desolations
- wide-eyed optimism
- eternal optimist
- optimism biasExpecting favorable outcomes despite odds