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Webster 1913 Edition

Optimism

Op′ti-mism

,
Noun.
[L.
optimus
the best; akin to
optio
choice: cf. F.
optimisme
. See
Option
.]
1.
(Metaph.)
The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of things in the universe is such as to produce the highest good.

Webster 1828 Edition

Optimism

OP'TIMISM

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Noun.
[L. optimus, best.] The opinion or doctrine that every thing in nature is ordered for the best; or the order of things in the universe that is adapted to produce the most good.
The true and amiable philosophy of optimism.
A system of strict optimism may be the real system in both cases.

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