panglossian

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Definition von panglossian im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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

Etymologie

() From Dr. Pangloss, a character in Voltaire’s Candide.