overoptimism

overoptimism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English optimism
English overoptimism

    From over- + optimism.

    Noun

    overoptimism (countable and uncountable, plural overoptimisms)

    1. Excessive optimism.

    Derived terms

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