Panglossian

Example Sentences

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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

But Mr. Clinton’s was not an isolated Panglossian view in the West in the decade after Mr. Gorbachev’s actions led to the end of the Cold War and the end of the Soviet Union.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2022

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

When my master adopted the Panglossian view of the universe I used no arguments that might cloud his serenity.

From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John