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Etymology

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ultra- +‎ optimistic

Adjective

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ultraoptimistic (comparative more ultraoptimistic, superlative most ultraoptimistic)

  1. extremely optimistic
    • 2001, C. Jotin Khisty, Jamshid Mohammadi, Fundamentals of Systems Engineering, page 384:
      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.
    • 2017, Ian Bullock, Under Siege: The Independent Labour Party in Interwar Britain:
      But such disdain for the homegrown Communists and even for the Comintern had little impact on the ultraoptimistic views of the USSR.