Pollyannaism

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Pollyannaism

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From Pollyanna + -ism.

noun Pollyannism

uncountable Persistent irrational optimism. […] 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.
Similar: Panglossianism · Opposite: cynicalness, cynicism, pessimism, realisticness, realism

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@misc{pollyannaism_2026,
  title = {Pollyannaism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pollyannaism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}