All 8 Uses of
optimistic
in
Candide
- And he would choose a more complicated doctrine than Dr. Pangloss's optimism, would study it more closely, feel his destructive way about it with a more learned and caressing malice.†
Chpt Intr.
- Voltaire's men and women point his case against optimism by starting high and falling low.
Chpt Intr. *optimism = a tendency to expect and see the best in all things
- A modern assailant of optimism would arm himself with social pity.†
Chpt Intr.
- The dry high spirits of this destroyer of optimism make most optimists look damp and depressed.†
Chpt Intr.
- The dry high spirits of this destroyer of optimism make most optimists look damp and depressed.†
Chpt Intr.
- His attack on optimism is one of the gayest books in the world.†
Chpt Intr.
- I must at last renounce thy optimism.†
Chpt 19
- "What is this optimism?" said Cacambo.†
Chpt 19
Definition:
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(optimistic) expecting the best; or focusing on the good part of things