hopecore

Etymology

From hope + -core.

hopecore means An Internet aesthetic featuring joyful or motivational content, intended to inspire hope. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

noun

An Internet aesthetic featuring joyful or motivational content, intended to inspire hope.“There are a few statements and quotes that crop up a lot in TikTok’s new ‘hopecore’ trend. […] For India Black, who posts a lot of hopecore content on the video app, the trend is TikTok’s name for videos dedicated to curating messages of optimism.”