Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A state of delusive contentment or false hope.
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- n. A state of happiness due to illusion or false hope.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. a name applied to a limbo (see under Limbo) popularly believed to be the region of vanity and nonsense. Hence, any foolish pleasure or condition of vain self-satistaction.
- n. See under Fool, and Limbo.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. an illusory state of wellbeing
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Examples
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Whether is it better, I ask, to be a slave in a fool's paradise at Marseilles -- fevered with delusive bliss one hour -- suffocating with the bitterest tears of remorse and shame the next -- or to be a village-schoolmistress, free and honest, in a breezy mountain nook in the healthy heart of England?
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