Pollyannaish

See also: pollyannaish and Pollyanna-ish

English

(with the first element Pollyanna) pollyanna-ish, Pollyanna-ish, pollyannaish, Pollyannaish
(with the first element Pollyann) pollyannish, Pollyannish

Pollyannaish (comparative more Pollyannaish, superlative most Pollyannaish)

(derogatory) Unreasonably optimistic.
- 2000 June, Nicholas Rescher, “Optimalism and Axiological Metaphysics” in The Review of Metaphysics LIII, № 4, § iii, page 819:
  Accordingly the objection “Is not optimalism simply too Pollyanna-ish to be plausible?” can be met effectively.
- 2012 December 25, Victor Mair, “Chinese character of the year: mèng 梦 (‘dream’)”, Language Log:
  Even long before this choice of character of the year was made, critics were complaining about the [Chinese] government’s Pollyannaish touting of mèng 梦, saying that the dreams of most people were in vain.

unreasonably optimistic

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