OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 28638

Panglossian

/pænˈɡlɑsi.ən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
panglossiano
Naively or unreasonably optimistic.
Nadelmann assumes that the number of potential addicts wouldn’t soar under considerably more liberal drug laws. I can’t muster such Panglossian optimism.
Though he took a Panglossian view of the world in his youth, he became jaded as he grew older.
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