Standard Lemma guide

optimalism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The doctrine that this universe exists because it is better than the alternatives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

Examples

  • While optimalism does not exclude the possibility of a deity, it also doesn't require one, and is compatible with atheism.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From optimal + -ism.