pollyannaish
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Pollyanna/pɒliˈanə/
▶noun an excessively cheerful or optimistic person.
– derivatives
Pollyannaish adjective,
Pollyannaism noun.
Pollyannaish adjective,
Pollyannaism noun.
– origin the name of the optimistic heroine created by the American author Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920).
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