Definition of "hopefulness" []

• The property of being hopeful. (noun)

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• "They are more strategic voters with long term hopefulness about political reform, as compared to tactical lesser-evil voters hoping against reality that when the two-party pendulum swings to the other side something really good happens."
• "Chris’s hopefulness is understandable given the sexual restraint exhibited by the Palin family."
• "Of course there was nothing unusual in his hopefulness, which is common enough in cases of phthisis -- symptomatic, in fact; and, of course, I did not discourage him."