Definition/Meaning of hopium

• English - Noun: hopium ( uncountable ) ( informal , derogatory ) Irrational or unwarranted optimism . 2010 , W . C . Augustine , Atlas Rising , Tate Publishing & Enterprises , LLC (2010), ISBN 9781617393297, page 206: "I think you are unconsciously smoking hopium . I'm putting the odds less than twenty percent . [ … ]
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• English - Etymology: Blend of hope and opium .