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Pollyannaism



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Sure, it is easy to dismiss some of this as so much Pollyannaism.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2010

In fact, as Humphrey watched the West Virginia returns on TV, he offered a characteristic Pollyannaism about that race twelve years ago: "I personally suffered a political defeat, but the nation gained a great President."

From Time Magazine Archive

That may sound less like optimism than Pollyannaism.

From Time Magazine Archive




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