n. The state or quality of being hopeful, or of giving ground for hope.
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n. the feeling you have when you have hope
n. full of hope
Word Usage
"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."