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pollyannaish
adjective
()
pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic
Synonyms:
cheerful
,
upbeat
,
Words Related to
pollyannaish
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optimistic
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upbeat
,
cheerful
,
naive
,
panglossian
,
wishful
,
defeatist
,
simplistic
,
pessimistic
,
cynical
,
simpleminded
,
delusional
,
disingenuous
,
unrealistic
,
shortsighted
,
hubristic
,
utopian
,
trite
,
myopic
,
alarmist
,
presumptuous
,
fatuous
,
fanciful
,
foolish
,
implausible
,
preposterous
,
delusory
,
realist
,
hardheaded
,
dogmatic
,
preachy
,
nonsensical
,
insincere
,
moralistic
,
cockeyed
,
pretentious
,
reductionist
,
wishful thinking
,
glib
,
ahistorical
,
fallacious
,
fatalist
,
softheaded
,
misguided
,
determinist
,
cynic
,
idealistically
,
hyperbolic
,
vacuous
,
deluded
,
wrongheaded
,
laughable
,
contentless
,
naysay
,
unenlightening
,
oversimplified
,
condescending
,
mealymouthed
,
hackneyed
,
jejune
,
rosy
,
mendacious
,
politically correct
,
wishful thinker
,
absurd
,
overblown
,
obtuse
,
platitudinous
,
pragmatic
,
balderdash
,
naysaying
,
commonsensical
,
illogical
,
hortatory
,
pandering
,
arguers
,
superficial
,
kumbaya
,
impolitic
,
reactionary
,
sanguine
,
ignorant
,
dumb
,
presentism
,
hyperbolize
,
corny
,
snarkier
,
falsifiable
,
hypocritical
,
dogmatist
,
knee jerk
,
sanctimonious
,
unserious
,
unreflective
,
poppycock
,
hardhearted
,
unobjectionable
,
pessimists
,
plausible
,
overdetermined
,
pollyannaish
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