Pollyannaish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unreasonably optimistic. derogatory

    "Accordingly the objection “Is not optimalism simply too Pollyanna-ish to be plausible?” can be met effectively."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Pollyannaish. alt-of, alternative
Adjective
  1. 1
    pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic wordnet

Synonyms

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cheerfuloptimisticpanglossianupbeat

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"Accordingly the objection “Is not optimalism simply too Pollyanna-ish to be plausible?” can be met effectively."

Etymology

From Pollyanna + -ish.

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