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
With fingers crossed and a Panglossian belief that this can be the best of all possible theater worlds, here is my cautious curation of what will be worthwhile in a maybe-this-time season.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2022
If we think it is, it’s simply Panglossian logic: It must be the best of all possible worlds!
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
Of all the euphemisms the Times has used for "pathological lying," "Panglossian dismissiveness" maybe the the Times-iest.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2020
He was quite disembarrassed of that Panglossian philosophy which had hitherto induced him to believe that the Earl of Fitz-pompey was the best of all possible uncles.
From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
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