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pollyannaish

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Adj.1.pollyannaish - pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimisticpollyannaish - pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic
upbeat, cheerful
optimistic - expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view"
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Our forces, devoted and faithful, have been committed to conflict in an indefinite and unplanned manner that has become a cavalier, politically expedient and Pollyannaish misadventure.
DIPLOMAT'S CASE FOR LEAVING AFGHANISTAN by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
It is therefore not Pollyannaish to think the world can be one on all the important matters that affect our lives.
How to Think ? We Can Agree by Steven Vannoy And Craig Ross / News, opinion and commentary community
Unlike his Pollyannaish paeans to the glories of individualism, in this essay Whitman confesses his concerns about the "appalling dangers of universal suffrage in the United States.
Bad political behavior springs from culture by Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
 
 
 
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