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\pan-GLOS-ee-uhn, -GLAW-see-, pang-\
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adjective
1. characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
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During a career in which Mr. Wattenberg often presented a rosy view of
the trajectory of the United States, some critics called him Panglossian.
But he said the country had a long record supporting his beliefs. "In
American history," Mr. Wattenberg once wrote, "the evidence suggests
that it is the optimist who has been the realist."
-- Emily Langer, "Ben J. Wattenberg, writer and television commentator, dies at 81," Washington Post, June 29, 2015
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Panglossian is derived from the name of a character in Voltaire's Candide, Dr. Pangloss, who believes that "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds."
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