PANGLOSSIAN
adjective, Marked by the view that al is for the best in this best of possible worlds, excessively optimistic
"The Baffler set out to "blunt the cutting edge," and gained a cult following by offering an antidote to the Panglossian media boosterism of the 1990's."
Dr. Pangloss is a pedantic old tutor in Voltaire's satirical novel Candide. He was an incurable, albeit misguided, optimist who claimed that all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds." So persistent was he in his optimism that he kept it even after witnessing and experiencing great cruelty and suffering. The name Pangloss" comes from the Greek pan, meaning "all," and glossa, meaning "tongue," suggesting glibness and talkativeness.
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