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
  • Last week, Trump struck an optimistic note about Saudi-Israel normalization, claiming Riyadh wasn’t demanding an independent Palestinian state in return.
    Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Rankin is optimistic at what feels like an ongoing theatrical recovery.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Some perfumes smell pink and rosy, others are amber-hued and spicy, and some smell fresh and verdant—like a whiff of pale green.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 8 Feb. 2025
  • January’s nonfarm payrolls data reported Friday showed a rosy but not exceptional picture of the labor market.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • With more than a touch of the ever-popular Scandi Noir genre, the team are now hopeful about the potential for international sales as All3Media International gets ready to shop the four-parter at the London TV Screenings.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Messing ended her nearly hour-long conversation with CNN on a hopeful note.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Kendrick Lamar headlined the Super Bowl Halftime Show in New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome on Sunday, providing a fiery, upbeat set during the blowout win for the Philadelphia Eagles over the Kansas City Chiefs.
    Thomas Smith, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Hyping up excitement for the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler, Jelly Roll and Prince Harry hilariously collaborated in an upbeat video released in November 2024.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 8 Feb. 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 21 Feb. 2025.

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