pessimism

Examples of optimism

optimism
Nevertheless, there are good reasons for optimism in writing an overview of research on teaching reading.
After this scene, all optimism vanished, leaving the members thoroughly despondent.
Similarly, the effect of the economic variables is differentiated so that optimism or pessimism on them does not always provoke the same policy preference.
The downward trend characterized much of the first half of the 1930s, although there were some moments of optimism.
The optimism was at least partly borne out.
Subsequent events did not bear out his optimism.
To the extent these arguments engage, we will have some indirect support for my optimism.
In fact, a general optimism seemed to have prevailed in the 1950s and 1960s.
If the distribution of the forecast variable is negatively (positively) skewed, then the optimal forecast exhibits optimism (pessimism). 11.
There continues to be optimism that these technologies will identify new therapeutic candidates that will succeed in preclinical assessments and enter advanced developmental phases.
That article was the first that expressed my new optimism about the future of archaeology.
A social context of this type may reduce a child's risk for depression by fostering a sense of meaning, belonging, and optimism.
Optimism, coping, and health : assessment and implications of generalized outcome expectancies.
Gone was the pervasive optimism of the early 1960s.
Specifically, we examine the interrelations between waves of optimism and pessimism and subsequent aggregate fluctuations around economic turning points.
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