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   Op·ti·mis·tic

   /ˌäptəˈmistik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. hopeful and confident about the future: "the optimistic mood of the Sixties" Similar cheerfulcheerypositiveconfidenthopefulsanguinebullishbuoyantbrightdisposed to look on the bright sideinclined to look through rose-colored spectaclesalways expecting the bestfull of hopePollyannaishPanglossianinformal:upbeatarchaic:of good cheerencouragingpromisinghopefulbrightrosyreassuringfavorableauspiciouspropitiousOpposite pessimisticnegativepessimisticgloomyominous
   • ▪ involving an overestimate: "previous estimates may be wildly optimistic"

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