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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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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. A disposition to take the most hopeful view; -- opposed to pessimism.
  3. n. the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well
  4. n. a general disposition to expect the best in all things
  5. 1. (Metaph.) 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. 2. A disposition to take the most hopeful view; -- opposed to pessimism.
  6. The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being thework of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of thingsin the universe is such as to produce the highest good.
  7. n:100 n. the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well n. a general disposition to expect the best in all things