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

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

Of all the euphemisms the Times has used for "pathological lying," "Panglossian dismissiveness" maybe the the Times-iest.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2020

In the gloom of the Great Depression — the unemployment rate was 25 percent as Roosevelt took office — the 32nd president was reassuring but far from Panglossian.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 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