Pollyanna
[ˌpɒliˈænə]Meaning
combination of Polly and Anna; also a byword for an unfailingly optimistic person
Background Story
Pollyanna is a combination of the names Polly and Anna, used as the name of the main character in Eleanor H. Porter's 1913 novel Pollyanna. Through the book's fame the word became a byword for someone with an unfailingly optimistic outlook, and a subconscious bias towards the positive is called the Pollyanna principle. The name is used in Brazilian Portuguese.
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