What does feel-goodism mean?
Feel-goodism means A feel-good attitude or approach..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A feel-good attitude or approach..
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.
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Feel-goodism means A feel-good attitude or approach..
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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.
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