rose-tinted spectacles
rose-tinted spectacles is the alternative form of rose-colored glasses.
Meaning of rose-colored glasses
Noun
rose-colored glasses pl (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
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rose-colored, glasses.
Questions about rose-tinted spectacles
- What is rose-tinted spectacles the alternative form of?
- Rose-tinted spectacles is the alternative form of rose-colored glasses.
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