feelgoodery

Noun

feelgoodery (countable and uncountable, plural feelgooderies)

1. (derogatory, uncountable) Behaviours performed with the purported purpose of promoting emotional happiness and/or certain cultural values; these behaviours may be seen as superficial or unimportant, or as a substitute for more meaningful action.
   • Every mainstream pop musical money-spinner, from Jesus Christ Superstar to Mamma Mia!, finds its origins in Hair 's relentless crassness and misguided feelgoodery, which means I don't have to watch or write about any more of them.2010, Garry Mulholland, Popcorn: Fifty Years of Rock 'n' Roll Movies
   • He's down in the dumps because nobody wants to buy his art and his wife died, while she's got a case of the gloomies in response to public apathy for the plight of the underclass. Their grown-up troubles form an odd angle with the purportedly innocent feel-goodery, and ultimately betray the film's...2018 December 12, Charles Bramesco, “A Spoonful of Nostalgia Helps the Calculated Mary Poppins Returns Go Down”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 24 May 2019
2. (countable, derogatory) A place or work containing such behaviours.
   • While the school remains a progressive, liberal feel-goodery, it is also regularly ranked among the West's best liberal arts colleges.2009, John Ortved, Simpsons Confidential, page 11
   • Believing it to be an award, she has Maeby's expulsion letter from the "new age feel-goodery" Openings framed.2011, Kristopher G. Phillips, J. Jeremy Wisnewski, Arrested Development and Philosophy: They've Made a Huge Mistake