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Definition of panglossian in English English dictionary
- Naively or unreasonably optimistic
Though he took a Panglossian view of the world in his youth, he became jaded as he grew older.
- Of or relating to the view that this is the best of all possible worlds
panglossian
Etymology
() From Dr. Pangloss, a character in Voltaire’s Candide.Resimler
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