# Micawberism

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. optimism in the face of financial adversity

## Etymology
After Wilkins Micawber in Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield (1850).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/micawberism