Feel-goodism
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A feel-good attitude or approach. uncountable
"I despise the cheap feel-goodism of inspirational cliches, especially when tied to any sport (baseball, anyone?), and I was pleased to learn that fiction writer Earl Stanley Gardner had to take a roundabout way to discover his calling."
Example
More examples"I despise the cheap feel-goodism of inspirational cliches, especially when tied to any sport (baseball, anyone?), and I was pleased to learn that fiction writer Earl Stanley Gardner had to take a roundabout way to discover his calling."
Etymology
From feel-good + -ism.
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