hopiumとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Blend of hope +‎ opium, as though it were a drug; regarding the surface analysis as hope +‎ -ium, see copium § Etymology.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈhəʊ.pi.əm/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈhoʊ.pi.əm/
• 韻: -əʊpiəm

名詞

hopium (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, idiomatic, derogatory) A clinging to unreasonable or unfounded hopes.
   • 2016, Tracy Schorn, Leave a Cheater, Gain a Life: The Chump Lady's Survival Guide‎, Hachette, →ISBN:

     Hopium can make you see potential in the grimmest set of circumstances.

   • 2020, Jack Adam Weber, Carolyn Baker, Climate Cure: Heal Yourself to Heal the Planet‎, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN:

     This way, we might avoid depression, panic, denial, and hopium for good or bad news, any of which renders us more unrealistic, unprepared, and unwell.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hopium.

使用する際の注意点

• Often associated with the Barack Obama "Hope" poster and associated political beliefs.

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