soft focus

noun

, Photography.

an image, often created by a special lens, that is recognizable but somewhat blurred or diffused.

First recorded in 1915–20

And Turn looks and feels like some sort of soft-focus dramatic-reenactment segment from a PBS documentary about Aaron Burr.

The Liberal ad showed a soft-focus Trudeau in a school classroom meltingly promising a “better country.”

And the costuming of the soft-focus heroine is feminine, maternal and homey.

The oilman airs soft-focus ads promoting wind power (wind is about right).

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