Distinctions Within Hope

Snyder Reference: Snyder, C. R. (2002). Hope theory: Rainbows in the mind. Psychol. Inquiry 13, 249–275. doi: 10.1207/s15327965pli1304_01

1. Ambition (Aspiration, desire, dream, purpose)
2. Await (be prepared for, count on)
3. Dependence (responsibility, stability, steadiness, trust)
4. Encouragement (advocacy, confidence, fortitude, inspiration, invigoration, optimism)
5. Opportunities (good fortunes, happenings, Junctures, moments, occasions, probabilities)
6. Rumination (attention, brainwork, deducing, discerning, introspection, intuition, knowing, perceiving, understanding)
7. Virtue (advantage, asset, consideration, excellence, generosity, goodness, high-mindedness, incorruptibility, love, quality, respectability uprightness, value, worth)
8. Intention (bottom line, end, goal, nature, object, plan, target)
9. Belief (Confidence, expectation, intuition, mindset, presupposition, trust, understanding, view)
10. Anticipation (foresight, outlook, preoccupation)
11. Dream (design, wish)
12. Desire (petition, supplication)
13. Expectation:  (assumption, calculation, conjecture, design, intention, likelihood, prediction, presumption, promise, prospect, supposition, surmise)
14. Faith (acceptance, assent, certainty, credence, reliance, sureness, truth)
15. Purpose (destination, direction, function, intent, mission, plan, point, principle, view, what for, where one’s headed, whole idea)

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