Optimism vs Realism - What's the difference?
optimism | realism |
a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome
the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds
the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil
A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary
An artistic representation of reality as it is
(sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation
(philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them
As nouns the difference between optimism and realism
is that optimism is a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome while realism is a concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.optimism
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(en-noun) (wikipedia optimism)- I love her youth, her beauty and above all her optimism that everything will turn out fine.