optimist
an optimistic person.
a person who holds the belief or the doctrine of optimism.
Origin of optimist
1Other words from optimist
- an·ti·op·ti·mist, noun, adjective
- o·ver·op·ti·mist, noun
- su·per·op·ti·mist, noun
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How to use optimist in a sentence
What I took from “Passage to Revolution” — and I agree with the idea — is that young Stalin was an angry optimist.
Did Stalin’s rise to power foretell the butchery that came next? | Robert Service | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostDuring those dry days, optimists romanticized about the return of athletic competition, imagining a period of sports galore in which we’d revel in this unprecedented overlapping of so many seasons and events.
It turns out there is such a thing as too much sports | Jerry Brewer | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostYou can be an optimist and skeptic who asks tough questions, but you can’t be an optimist and a cynic.
Six ways adults can help children make sense of a divisive election | Phyllis Fagell | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostThe reason I’m an optimist is that never before has the world been so aware of a problem and businesses so aware that they are part of the solution.
Indra Nooyi: Why I’m optimistic about business’s role in solving climate change | jakemeth | October 9, 2020 | FortuneThese justifications, say the optimists, trump the traditional metrics and explain why tech can keep churning higher.
Want to understand why tech stocks are crashing? This metric explains it all | Shawn Tully | September 9, 2020 | Fortune
Putin may very well be the last optimist left in the country, which is facing a time of confusion and disappointment.
After His Disastrous Annual Press Conference, Putin Needs A Hug | Anna Nemtsova | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut I am an optimist, and I think this film is very optimistic.
Christopher Nolan Uncut: On ‘Interstellar,’ Ben Affleck’s Batman, and the Future of Mankind | Marlow Stern | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut being optimist that I am, I prefer to believe it was an intentional decision.
What you see in Frank Underwood is a guy who is a consummate optimist.
Beau Willimon on Most Shocking Twists in ‘House of Cards’ Season 2 | Andrew Romano | February 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe is not the only optimist in the long line of people working hard in pursuit of an AIDS vaccine.
That they would take his drowning for granted, and never come to satisfy themselves, he was not optimist enough to assume.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniWe have other faults; the serenest optimist would never deny them; but, faults or no faults, we crown civilization to-day.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonHe was a born optimist, of an extreme type unknown beyond the circumferences of theatrical circles.
The Regent | E. Arnold BennettI am so much of an optimist as to believe that we are getting better and better all the time.
Unveiling a Parallel | Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella MarchantHowever, it is something behind experience that determines whether a man shall be an optimist or not.
The Open Question | Elizabeth Robins
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