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Optimism

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.

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Disposition 76% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Hope 76% connected

A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

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Temperament 76% connected

Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

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Sanguineness 76% connected

The quality of being sanguine.

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sanguinity 76% connected

The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness.

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Optimist 74% connected

One who holds the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.

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Optimist 74% connected

One who holds the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.

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Optimistic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.

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Optimistic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.

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Pessimism 94% connected

The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the world is wholly evil; -- opposed to optimism.

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Pessimism 94% connected

The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the world is wholly evil; -- opposed to optimism.

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Electricity noun · 85% connection

keen and shared excitement; "the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it"

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Care noun · 84% connection

a cause for feeling concern; "his major care was the illness of his wife"

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Conservation noun · 78% connection

the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources

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Area noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Arena noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Biodiversity noun · 78% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Bionomic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Bionomical adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Book verb · 78% connection

arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the sho…

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Condition noun · 78% connection

a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

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Corridor noun · 78% connection

an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it

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Defunctness noun · 78% connection

no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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Domain noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Ecologic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Ecological adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Endangered adjective · 78% connection

(of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction; "an endangered species"

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Extinction noun · 78% connection

no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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Field noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Acosmist noun · 78% connection

One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, doctrine, everything, nature, work.
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All noun · 78% connection

The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everyth…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, doctrine, everything, nature, work.
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Best adjective · 78% connection

Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best ro…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, doctrine, everything, nature, work.
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Command verb · 78% connection

To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim;…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, doctrine, everything, nature, work.
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Commodity noun · 78% connection

That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit, especially in commerce, including everything movable that is bought and sold (ex…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, doctrine, everything, nature, work.
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Cosmology noun · 78% connection

The science of the world or universe; or a treatise relating to the structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bod…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, doctrine, everything, nature, work.
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Door noun · 78% connection

a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road); "the office next door"; "they live two doors up the st…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, doctrine, everything, nature, work.
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Fat noun · 78% connection

The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, doctrine, everything, nature, work.
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Fatalism noun · 78% connection

a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, doctrine, everything, nature, work.
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First noun · 78% connection

the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, doctrine, everything, nature, work.
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First-class adjective · 78% connection

Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope.

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Harmony noun · 78% connection

The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connect…

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