0 a state of mind in which one always hopes or expects that something good will happen -- sikap optimis
Specifically, we examine the interrelations between waves of optimism and pessimism and subsequent aggregate fluctuations around economic turning points.
Gone was the pervasive optimism of the early 1960s.
Optimism, coping, and health : assessment and implications of generalized outcome expectancies.
A social context of this type may reduce a child's risk for depression by fostering a sense of meaning, belonging, and optimism.
That article was the first that expressed my new optimism about the future of archaeology.
There continues to be optimism that these technologies will identify new therapeutic candidates that will succeed in preclinical assessments and enter advanced developmental phases.
If the distribution of the forecast variable is negatively (positively) skewed, then the optimal forecast exhibits optimism (pessimism). 11.
In fact, a general optimism seemed to have prevailed in the 1950s and 1960s.