what is meaning of optimism
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optimism about/over sth There was a wave of optimism about future earnings of software and internet companies.
Some analysts expressed cautious optimism that this could be a turning point.
consumer/investor/public optimism
reason/cause for optimism
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(Definition of optimism from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
EXAMPLES of optimism
optimism
Nevertheless, there are good reasons for optimism in writing an overview of research on teaching reading.
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After this scene, all optimism vanished, leaving the members thoroughly despondent.
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Similarly, the effect of the economic variables is differentiated so that optimism or pessimism on them does not always provoke the same policy preference.
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The downward trend characterized much of the first half of the 1930s, although there were some moments of optimism.
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The optimism was at least partly borne out.
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Subsequent events did not bear out his optimism.
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To the extent these arguments engage, we will have some indirect support for my optimism.
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In fact, a general optimism seemed to have prevailed in the 1950s and 1960s.
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If the distribution of the forecast variable is negatively (positively) skewed, then the optimal forecast exhibits optimism (pessimism). 11.
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There continues to be optimism that these technologies will identify new therapeutic candidates that will succeed in preclinical assessments and enter advanced developmental phases.
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That article was the first that expressed my new optimism about the future of archaeology.