1. 1. a spiritual song of unclear origin, often associated with the American folk music revival and civil rights movement
   "The campers sang kumbaya around the fire"
    
2. [informal] An approach characterized by naïve or unrealistic optimism about unity or cooperation
   "Their kumbaya approach to conflict resolution ignored deep-seated issues"

1. To engage in feel-good but ineffective problem-solving
   "They kumbayaed about the issue without making any real progress"

Encyclopedia: Kumbaya