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.
In the other, titles sounded optimistic, almost Panglossian.
From New York Times
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
Elghanian’s letters reveal a lonely man still trying to oversee his businesses and family affairs as the old regime collapses, clinging to a Panglossian belief that things will be all right.
From Washington Post
Must we accept the Panglossian notion that the conventional slow grind of justice is the best of all possible systems?
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
