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feel-good, n. and a. orig. U.S.|ˈfiːlgʊd|
Also feel good, feelgood, and with capital initial(s).
[f. the vbl. phr. to feel good: see feel v. and good a.]
A. n.
1. ellipt. for Doctor Feelgood s.v. *doctor n. 6 e. rare.
1972Newsweek 25 Dec. 29/3 The best way to guard against Feelgoods and charlatans is for the medical profession to keep its own house in order.
2. a. [f. sense *B below.] A feeling of well-being, confidence, or ease; contentment; euphoria. b. A person or thing that induces such a feeling.
1977N.Y. Times Mag. 15 May (Late City ed.) 12/2 The chief exponents of psychic feelgood tend to come from Asia, California and the psychological sciences, no one of which has an impressive record at making people feel good. 1987Washington Post 31 Mar. (Final ed.) c2/2 The era of fitness and feelgood has left a clear imprint on the unrelenting euphoria of these dances. 1992Financial Post 30 Sept. i. 17 Without it, real recovery may be two years off. Even with electoral change in Washington, though, feelgood may take a year to seep north. 1993Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 11 July e2/3 Boomer politicians..love fuzzy feelgoods.
B. attrib. or as adj. That induces or seeks to induce (often unwarranted) feelings of well-being, confidence, or ease.
1972‘F. Sturgeon’ (title of comic book) Feelgood funnies. 1977N.Y. Times Mag. 15 May (Late City ed.) 12/2 The latest aberration in the American pursuit of happiness is the feelgood movement. 1977Washington Post 24 May a11/2 (heading) Test of Carter's ‘Feel Good’ Foreign Policy is Workability. 1990R. Blount First Hubby 21, I am not one of these feel-good shrinks... I am usually stern. 1991Rolling Stone 14 Nov. 80/2 A feel-good New Agey spiel tailored to make yuppies feel better about themselves. 1995Independent on Sunday 1 Jan. 22/4 Retailers and holiday tour operators have reported a surge of business in the week since Christmas, suggesting that the elusive feelgood factor may at last be breaking through.
So ˈfeelgoodism n.; ˈfeelgoodist n.
1977N.Y. Times Mag. 15 May (Late City ed.) 12/4 Tom Wolfe observes that feelgoodism rests on an obsessive passion. Ibid., The feelgoodists are heretics. 1990Nation 22 Oct. 437/2 The day looked ripe, all in all, for a little Democratic feel-goodism. 1993Guardian 13 Aug. ii. 6/1 Soft drugs have lately predominated on the dance scene, coinciding with the rise of eco-friendly feel-goodists such as the Stereos and Jamiroquai.
▸ feel-good factor n. (a) an aspect of a situation which generates a feeling of satisfaction or well-being; (b) spec. (chiefly Brit. Polit.) a feeling of well-being and (esp. financial) security prevailing in a nation, viewed as a factor in increased consumer spending and satisfaction with the government.
1984Industry Week (Nexis) 10 Dec. 49 The ‘*feel good’ factors are the same in Japan as in the United States because human nature is inherently the same East and West. 1987Business Week (Nexis) 25 May 72 Thatcher is benefiting from the ‘feel good’ factor among voters. 1995New Scientist 11 Mar. 20/2 The more vigorous the physical activity, say the exercise evangelists, the stronger the feel-good factor. 1999Times 28 July 27/5 Consumers are fuelling a summer housing and credit boom as the ‘feel-good’ factor returns. |