Panglossian
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Of course, there are limits to taking a Panglossian attitude and psyching ourselves up in the face of challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Must we accept the Panglossian notion that the conventional slow grind of justice is the best of all possible systems?
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2022
Of all the euphemisms the Times has used for "pathological lying," "Panglossian dismissiveness" maybe the the Times-iest.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2020
In the gloom of the Great Depression — the unemployment rate was 25 percent as Roosevelt took office — the 32nd president was reassuring but far from Panglossian.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2020
When my master adopted the Panglossian view of the universe I used no arguments that might cloud his serenity.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by William John Locke
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