Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feel-goodism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: feel--good-ism
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A feel-good attitude or approach.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

From feel-good + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: feel-good

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does feel-goodism mean?: A feel-good attitude or approach.
Where does feel-goodism come from?: From feel-good + -ism.

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