PANGLOSSIAN


Meaning of PANGLOSSIAN in English

(ˈ)pan|gläsēən adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Pangloss, optimistic tutor of Candide in the satire Candide (1759) by Voltaire died 1778 French writer (from French, from pan- + Greek glōssa tongue) + English -an + more at gloss

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

panglossian economists … who had not so much predicted as seen the millenium — Times Literary Supplement

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.