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fool's paradise

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fool's paradise
n.
A state of delusive contentment or false hope.
fool's paradise
Noun
a state of happiness based on false hopes or beliefs
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Noun1.fool's paradise - an illusory state of wellbeing
eudaemonia, eudaimonia, upbeat, well-being, wellbeing, welfare - a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous; "the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles"
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The book is written throughout on the verge of realism, with divinations and conjectures across its border, and with lapses into the fool's paradise of romanticism, and an apparent content with its inanity and impossibility.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
He recovered himself as quickly as possible, and realized that he had been living in a fool's paradise so far as the condition of his companion was concerned.
The Illustrious Prince by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Ah, my friend, as one whose actions have a traceable relation to reason, you cannot know the fool's paradise in which I lived.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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