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Pangloss
/ ˈpænɡlɒs /
noun
- a person who views a situation with unwarranted optimism
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Derived Forms
- Panˈglossian, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Pangloss1
C19: after Dr Pangloss , a character in Voltaire's Candide (1759)
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Example Sentences
He ends up on a farm, done with the blind optimism of his mentor Pangloss.
From Los Angeles Times
I don’t want to sound like the perpetually optimistic Dr. Pangloss.
From Washington Post
A few years later, he and Prince worked together on a revival of Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide,” for which he played the pedantic Dr. Pangloss.
From Washington Post
Pinker isn’t a Doctor Pangloss who thinks we live in the best of all possible worlds.
From Scientific American
From LaBonge, we were charmed by a boyish Pangloss who believed passionately that the City of the Angels was the best of all possible places.
From Los Angeles Times
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