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noun • an incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire | ||||||||
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noun • a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) • the outward flow of the tide verb • flow back or recede • hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb • fall away or decline | ||||||||
| 30% | 7 | A diehard optimist would see the glass as... | ||||||
noun • one who adheres to traditional views | ||||||||
Optimist Feels Diminution Of Agony
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