PANGLOSSIAN


Meaning of PANGLOSSIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pan-ˈglä-sē-ən, paŋ-, -ˈglȯ- ]

adjective

Etymology: Pangloss, optimistic tutor in Voltaire's Candide (1759)

Date: 1831

: marked by the view that all is for the best in this best of possible worlds : excessively optimistic

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