Complete Definition of "kalopsia"


English

Noun
kalopsia (plural: kalopsia)
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  1. The delusion of things to be more beautiful than they are.

#:China can bring on serious bouts of kalopsia in otherwise intelligent observers - The Times, April 24 2006

  1. Believing that what you do not have is better than what you do have.

References
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,542-2148802,00.html

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