Pollyannish

Definitions

irrepressibly or excessively optimistic; capable of seeing good in anyone

derogatory

Examples

“[…] what we've been waiting for so long: a positive but never Pollyanish play⟳ about gays leading lives which are neither some bizarre caricature taken from heterosexual fantasy nor even more nuclear and apple-pie normal than any straight lives anyone has ever heard of.”

“She insisted: "Look⟳, the House is not very different from when I was there. You have⟳ to have⟳ some faith in the governing majority, which I do, because I have⟳ a lot of respect⟳ for members on both sides of the aisle to do what’s best for the American people. And that is not some pollyannish thing. I know⟳ them."”

CEFR level