toxic positivity
The excessive and insistent promotion of a positive mindset, often at the expense of…The excessive and insistent promotion of a positive mindset, often at the expense of acknowledging and addressing negative emotions.
» There is a difference between optimism and toxic positivity.
Es gibt einen Unterschied zwischen Optimismus und toxischer Positivität. — Waldelfe
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1 senses(uncountable)The excessive and insistent promotion of a positive mindset, often at the expense of acknowledging and addressing negative emotions.
токсичный позитивtoksičnyj pozitiv
Examples
2 sentencesThere is a difference between optimism and toxic positivity.
deEs gibt einen Unterschied zwischen Optimismus und toxischer Positivität. — Waldelfe
All this toxic positivity is just a failed attempt to get employees to work harder.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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