feel-goodism

noun

A feel-good attitude or approach.

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Meanings

nounfeel-goodism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA feel-good attitude or approach.

    One thing is certain: This sort of programmatic “feel-goodism” falls short of the more radical biblical unity that is the subject of so much admonishment and instruction in letters to the early church.

    2009, Dave Rahn, Terry D. Linhart, Evangelism Remixed
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    I despise the cheap feel-goodism of inspirational cliches, especially when tied to any sport (baseball, anyone?), and I was pleased to learn that fiction writer Earl Stanley Gardner had to take a roundabout way to discover his calling.

    2005, Steve Abbott, Steve Abbott Greatest Hits, page 12

Origin

From feel-good + -ism.

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Chicago

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