optimism /; AmE / noun [U] optimism (about/for/over sth)

a feeling that good things will happen and that sth will be successful; the tendency to have this feeling:

There are very real grounds for optimism.

The CEO expressed cautious optimism about the company's financial future.

Both orders and business optimism rose last month.

OPP PESSIMISM

❖ business/consumer/investor/market optimism

◆ to be brimming with/express/show optimism

◆ to boost/fuel/increase optimism

optimist noun [C]

optimistic /; AmE / adjective:

The survey showed that consumers are optimistic about the economic outlook.

optimistically adverb

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