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rose-colored glasses

noun

Etymology

Phrase appears as early as 1830 according to OED. From rose-color or rose-colored (meaning "pleasant"), from the notion that roses are widely regarded as uncommonly beautiful.

Definitions

  1. A cognitive or perceptual bias where an individual views something in an overly…

    A cognitive or perceptual bias where an individual views something in an overly optimistic or positive light, often failing to recognize its negative aspects.

    • Such captivating beauty corresponds to our protagonist’s naive idealism, and the rose-colored glasses through which he views an upper-crust world of dandies and refined intellectuals.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rose-colored, glasses.

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