Micawberism
/mɪˈkɔːbərɪz(ə)m
/noun [mass noun]
Unjustified or irresponsible optimism: this kind of Micawberism is one of the causes of failure in personal life
Origin
Late 19th century: from the name of the character Wilkins Micawber, in Charles Dickens's novel David Copperfield.
- in the sequel
- in the shape of
- in the shit
- in the short run (or term)
- in the soup
- in the swim
- in the teeth of
- in the throes of
- in the train of
- in the wake of
- in the wash
- in the way of
- in the whole (wide) world
- in the wings
- in the wink of an eye (or in a wink)
- in the works
- in the world
- in the wrong
- in the year of grace (or Our Lord) ——
- in this day and age
- in this (or that) connection
- in this (or that) regard
- inthrall
- inti
- intichiuma