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/ˈhəʊ.pi.əm/ · noun
(colloquial, idiomatic, derogatory) A clinging to unreasonable or unfounded hopes..
Hopium can make you see potential in the grimmest set of circumstances.
This way, we might avoid depression, panic, denial, and hopium for good or bad news, any of which renders us more unrealistic, unprepared, and unwell.
Use hopium when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hopium means (colloquial, idiomatic, derogatory) A clinging to unreasonable or unfounded hopes..
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Hopium can make you see potential in the grimmest set of circumstances.
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