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rose-tinted glasses

rose-tinted glasses is the alternative form of rose-colored glasses.

Meaning of rose-colored glasses

Noun

rose-colored glasses pl (plural only)

  1. (US, idiomatic, plural, plural-only) A cognitive or perceptual bias where an individual views something in an overly optimistic or positive light, often failing to recognize its negative aspects.
    • Such captivating beauty corresponds to our protagonist’s naive idealism, and the rose-colored glasses through which he views an upper-crust world of dandies and refined intellectuals.2020 October 13, Beatrice Loayza, “Jack London gets an Italian makeover in the tragic and romantic Martin Eden”, in AV Club
  2. (US, plural, plural-only) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rose-colored, glasses.

Questions about rose-tinted glasses

What is rose-tinted glasses the alternative form of?
Rose-tinted glasses is the alternative form of rose-colored glasses.

Words near rose-tinted glasses in the dictionary

  1. rose-pipes
  2. rose-ringed parakeet
  3. rose-ringed parakeets
  4. rose-tint
  5. rose-tinted
  6. rose-tinted glasses
  7. rose-tinted spectacles
  8. rose-tinting
  9. rose-tints
  10. rose-water
  11. rose-watered

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