feel-goodery

A form of feelgoodery — Behaviours performed with the purported purpose of promoting emotional happiness and/or certain cultural values; these behaviours may be seen as superficial or unimportant, or as a substitute for more meaningful action.

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Meanings

nounfeel-goodery (countable and uncountable, plural feel-gooderies)

plural feel-gooderies

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of feelgoodery.
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    He's down in the dumps because nobody wants to buy his art and his wife died, while she's got a case of the gloomies in response to public apathy for the plight of the underclass. Their grown-up troubles form an odd angle with the purportedly innocent feel-goodery, and ultimately betray the film's cross purposes.

    2018 December 12, Charles Bramesco, “A Spoonful of Nostalgia Helps the Calculated Mary Poppins Returns Go Down”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 24 May 2019
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APA

feel-goodery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feel-goodery

MLA

“feel-goodery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feel-goodery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feel-goodery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feel-goodery.

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