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Pollyannaism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Persistent irrational optimism. uncountable

    "[…] some good guys at the Secretariat decided that 1975 should be International Women’s Year. ¶ It is typical of the special brand of United Nations Pollyannaism that they did so regardless of the fact that Secretariat hiring policies are grossly discriminatory."

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From Pollyanna + -ism.

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