rose-colored lenses
Hopeful viewing aids
Rose-colored lenses, like rose-colored glasses, filter out the negative and let only the pleasant through.
The phrase describes an optimistic or naïve perspective that ignores problems or flaws: She views her childhood through rose-colored lenses.
Someone who sees the world through rose-colored lenses may be charming but unrealistic.
Tendency to expect good
- utopianismFaith in perfect systems
- wishful thinkingBelief shaped by desire
- idealizationRegarding as perfect
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
dreamer · fantasy · illusion · delusion · hopefulness · perfectionism · starry-eyed · pie-in-the-sky
Preferring belief-supporting information
- benefit of the doubtFavorable judgment amid uncertainty
- glass half fullPositive outlook metaphor
- sunny dispositionConsistently positive temperament
- looking on the bright sideChoosing positive perspective
glossing over · sugarcoating · whitewashing · blind spot · denial · minimizing · rationalizing · excusing
Freedom from wrongdoing
- gullibilityEase of being deceived
- credulityUncritical acceptance of claims
- trustfulnessReadiness to believe others
- ingenuousnessInnocent frankness, without cunning
unworldliness · inexperience · blindness · obliviousness · unsophistication · childlikeness · simplicity · wide-eyed
optimism
Tendency to expect good
- utopianismFaith in perfect systems
- wishful thinkingBelief shaped by desire
- idealizationRegarding as perfect
romanticism · dreamer · fantasy · illusion · delusion · hopefulness · perfectionism · starry-eyed · pie-in-the-sky · castle in the air
confirmation bias
Preferring belief-supporting information
- benefit of the doubtFavorable judgment amid uncertainty
- glass half fullPositive outlook metaphor
- sunny dispositionConsistently positive temperament
looking on the bright side · glossing over · sugarcoating · whitewashing · blind spot · denial · minimizing · rationalizing · excusing · forgiving
innocence
Freedom from wrongdoing
- gullibilityEase of being deceived
- credulityUncritical acceptance of claims
- trustfulnessReadiness to believe others
ingenuousness · unworldliness · inexperience · blindness · obliviousness · unsophistication · childlikeness · simplicity · wide-eyed · green
rose-colored lensesjaundiced eye
doom and gloom · pessimism · negativity · bleak outlook · defeatism
rose-colored lensesunvarnished truth
Reality stated without softening
objective view · brutal honesty · warts and all · pragmatism · objectivity
rose-colored lensescynicism
Distrust of human sincerity
suspicion · distrust · disillusionment · street smarts · paranoia
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