Pollyanna
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"The Pollyanna principle's positivity bias," the study concludes. "is, in fact, a one-dimensional projection of an underlying safety bias."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
I’m trying not to be some Pollyanna here, but I’ve always kind of thought film would endure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
I know sound kind of like a Pollyanna talking about this, but that's genuinely what I believe.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2025
But this is not going to be a Pollyanna experience where at the end of it you’re going to feel that justice was served in this simple way.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2023
A Little Princess and Pollyanna, let me tell you, they are selling you a pack of ugly lies.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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