An illusory state of wellbeing.
Roget 481:
misjudgment,
obliquity of judgment;
miscalculation,
miscomputation,
misconception
etc.
(error)
495;
hasty conclusion.
[causes of misjudgment. 1]
prejudgment,
prejudication†,
prejudice;
foregone conclusion;
prenotion†,
prevention,
preconception,
predilection,
prepossession,
preapprehension†,
presumption,
assumption,
presentiment;
fixed idea,
preconceived idea;
id_ee fixe;
mentis gratissimus error [Lat.];
fool's paradise.
[causes of misjudgment. 2]
esprit de corps,
party spirit,
partisanship,
clannishness,
prestige.
[causes of misjudgment. 3]
bias,
bigotry,
warp,
twist;
hobby,
fad,
quirk,
crotchet,
partiality,
infatuation,
blind side,
mote in the eye.
[causes of misjudgment. 4]
one-sided views,
one-track mind,
partial views,
narrow views,
confined views,
superficial views,
one-sided ideas,
partial ideas,
narrow ideas,
confined ideas,
superficial ideas,
one-sided conceptions,
partial conceptions,
narrow conceptions,
confined conceptions,
superficial conceptions,
one-sided notions,
partial notions,
narrow notions,
confined notions,
superficial notions;
narrow mind;
bigotry
etc.
(obstinacy)
606;
odium theologicum [Lat.];
pedantry;
hypercriticism.
doctrinaire
etc.
(positive)
474.
[causes of misjudgment. 5]
overestimation
etc.
482;
underestimation
etc.
483.
[causes of misjudgment. 6]
ignorance
etc.
491.
erroneous assumptions,
erroneous data,
mistaken assumptions,
incorrect assumptions
(error)
495.
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Roget 509:
disappointment;
blighted hope,
balk;
blow;
anticlimax;
slip 'twixt cup and lip;
nonfulfillment of one's hopes;
sad disappointment,
bitter disappointment;
trick of fortune;
afterclap;
false expectation,
vain expectation;
miscalculation
etc.
481;
fool's paradise;
much cry and little wool.
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Roget 858:
hope,
hopes;
desire
etc.
865;
fervent hope,
sanguine expectation,
trust,
confidence,
reliance;
faith
etc.
(belief)
484;
affiance,
assurance;
secureness,
security;
reassurance.
good omen,
good auspices;
promise,
well grounded hopes;
good prospect,
bright prospect;
clear sky.
assumption,
presumption;
anticipation
etc.
(expectation)
507.
hopefulness,
buoyancy,
optimism,
enthusiasm,
heart of grace,
aspiration.
[person who is hopeful]
optimist,
utopian,
utopist†.
castles in the air,
castles in Spain,
chateaux en Espagne [Fr.],
le pot aut lait [Fr.],
Utopia,
millennium;
day dream,
golden dream;
dream of Alnaschar†;
airy hopes,
fool's paradise;
mirage
etc.
(fallacies of vision)
443;
fond hope.
beam of hope,
ray of hope,
gleam of hope,
glimmer of hope,
flash of hope,
dawn of hope,
star of hope;
cheer;
bit of blue sky,
silver lining,
silver lining of the cloud,
bottom of Pandora's box,
balm in Gilead;
light at the end of the tunnel.
anchor,
sheet anchor,
mainstay;
staff
etc.
(support)
215;
heaven
etc.
981.
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Roget 863:
rashness
etc.
adj.;
temerity,
want of caution,
imprudence,
indiscretion;
overconfidence,
presumption,
audacity.
precipitancy,
precipitation;
impetuosity;
levity;
foolhardihood†,
foolhardiness;
heedlessness,
thoughtlessness
etc.
(inattention)
458;
carelessness
etc.
(neglect)
460;
desperation;
Quixotism,
knight-errantry;
fire eating.
gaming,
gambling;
blind bargain,
leap in the dark,
leap of faith,
fool's paradise;
too many eggs in one basket.
desperado,
rashling†,
madcap,
daredevil,
Hotspur,
fire eater,
bully,
bravo,
Hector,
scapegrace,
enfant perdu [Fr.];
Don Quixote,
knight-errant,
Icarus;
adventurer;
gambler,
gamester;
dynamitard†;
boomer [U.S.].
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Roget 4:
unsubstantiality†,
insubstantiality;
nothingness,
nihility†;
no degree,
no part,
no quantity,
no thing.
nothing,
naught,
nil,
nullity,
zero,
cipher,
no one,
nobody;
never a one,
ne'er a one [Contr.];
no such thing,
none in the world;
nothing whatever,
nothing at all,
nothing on earth;
not a particle
etc.
(smallness)
32;
all talk,
moonshine,
stuff and nonsense;
matter of no importance,
matter of no consequence.
thing of naught,
man of straw,
John Doe and Richard Roe,
faggot voter;
nominis umbra [Lat.],
nonentity;
flash in the pan,
vox et praeterea nihil [Lat.].
shadow;
phantom
etc.
(fallacy of vision)
443;
dream
etc.
(imagination)
515;
ignis fatuus [Lat.]
etc.
(luminary)
423;
such stuff as dreams are made of"
[Tempest];
air,
thin air,
vapor;
bubble
etc.
353;
baseless fabric of a vision"
[Tempest];
mockery.
hollowness,
blank;
void
etc.
(absence)
187.
inanity,
fool's paradise.
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