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rose-colored glasses

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables
rose--col-ored -glass-es
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cognitive or perceptual bias where an individual views something in an overly optimistic or positive light, often failing to recognize its negative aspects.

American usage

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rose-colored, glasses.

American usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

Phrase appears as early as 1830 according to OED. From rose-color or rose-colored (meaning "pleasant"), from the notion that roses are widely regarded as uncommonly beautiful.

Usage

Inflected Forms

rose-coloured glasses (alternative) rose-tinted glasses (alternative) rose-colored lenses (alternative) rose-coloured spectacles (alternative, UK) rose-tinted spectacles (alternative, UK)

Phrases

look through rose-colored glasses through rose-colored glasses view through rose-colored glasses wear rose-colored glasses

Questions

What does rose-colored glasses mean?
A cognitive or perceptual bias where an individual views something in an overly optimistic or positive light, often failing to recognize its negative aspects.
Where does rose-colored glasses come from?
Phrase appears as early as 1830 according to OED. From rose-color or rose-colored (meaning "pleasant"), from the notion that roses are widely regarded as uncommonly beautiful.

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