rose-coloured glasses
Naive outlook metaphor
Rose-coloured glasses represent an optimistic or naïve way of viewing things, filtering out unpleasantness to see only what's agreeable.
Someone who looks at the past through rose-coloured glasses remembers it as better than it was.
The image is of tinted lenses that make everything appear rosier than reality.
Also rose-colored glasses (American spelling) or rose-tinted glasses.
- scepticChronic doubter
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- optimismTendency to expect good
- looking on the bright sideChoosing positive perspective
- idealismBelief in noble principles
positivity · halo effect · starry-eyed · head in the clouds · pie in the sky · viewpoint · perception · hopefulness · confirmation bias · blind spot · too good to be true · benefit of the doubt · wishful thinking · fairy tale ending · nostalgia · good old days · disposition · framing effect
rose-coloured glassescynicism
Distrust of human sincerity
pessimism · jaundiced eye · dark glasses · negativity · doom and gloom
rose-coloured glassesrealism
Accepting things as they are
unvarnished truth · disillusionment · pragmatism · no illusions · eyes wide open
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