Hopiate

Hopiate: Noun.

The hope for or belief in something that makes one feel better.

The realization that there can be no benevolent god(s) because, i.e. the Holocaust, the Inquisition, etc., but trusting in divine justice and hoping everything will turn out just fine makes it possible to sleep at night.

I needed a hopiate to fall asleep last night.

by Wrldgirl1 July 27, 2018