Panglossian

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Recent Examples of Panglossian The real Leibniz almost always refrained from spelling out Panglossian excuses for particular evils. Anthony Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Panglossian
Adjective
  • Now, plenty of people will tell you that this is possibly a bit optimistic.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Equities have recovered a good portion of their losses since April 2 — the day President Donald Trump announced his new tariff policies — but investors may be too optimistic, since average tariffs in the U.S. are set to increase roughly tenfold versus 2024.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Unfortunately, things are not so rosy with third-party games.
    Matt Kamen, Wired News, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Read more Boston Attacking Law Firms Attacks What Makes America Great | Opinion Things weren't exactly rosy between the colonists and their British rulers in the 1760s and '70s.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • If one prompt can unlock the worst of what AI can produce, security needs to evolve from hopeful constraint to continuous, intelligent defense.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • California In State of the City speech to a battered Los Angeles, Bass strikes hopeful tone April 21, 2025 Bass has repeatedly lobbied Newsom and other state leaders for a relief package that could avert some or all of the job cuts.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s a lot of upbeat, high-energy dancing that’s very entertaining and accessible.
    Lisa Vernon Sparks, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2025
  • For the big reveal, the upbeat gamer livestreamed the launch event on her Twitch channel from her hometown of Monterrey, Mexico.
    Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • And for many Chinese, mostly those left behind by the country’s dramatic, gilded transformation since economic reform, memories of Mao-era social equality, the exaltation of the working classes, and a national sense of common purpose are increasingly rose-colored.
    Nick Frisch, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2016
  • The more rose-colored put a soft focus on Vacationland nostalgia—a lobster roll for lunch at McLoons on Sprucehead Island, an art director's fantasy of coastal quaint.
    Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024

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“Panglossian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Panglossian. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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