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ultraoptimistic en · ADJ

Etymology

From ultra- + optimistic.

Meanings

1. extremely optimistic
   • But such disdain for the homegrown Communists and even for the Comintern had little impact on the ultraoptimistic views of the USSR. 2017, Ian Bullock, Under Siege: The Independent Labour Party in Interwar Britain:
   • While the maximin is ultraconservative and the maximax is ultraoptimistic, the Hurwicz criterion is between the two extremes, using a weighted combination of the best and the worst consequences for each alternative. 2001, C. Jotin Khisty, Jamshid Mohammadi, Fundamentals of Systems Engineering, page 384:

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