Panglossian attitude
- noun
- /pæŋˈɡloʊsiən ˈætɪtjud/
- Literature
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actitud panglossiana
- The board's Panglossian attitude blinded them to the real financial challenges ahead.
Examples
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His Panglossian attitude annoyed colleagues who wanted to address the company's troubles honestly.
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Despite the obvious risks, her Panglossian attitude led her to believe everything would turn out perfectly.
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His Panglossian attitude towards the economy is unrealistic.
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Don't adopt such a Panglossian attitude in difficult times.
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Despite the obvious risks, her Panglossian attitude led her to believe everything would turn out perfectly.
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His Panglossian attitude annoyed colleagues who wanted to address the company's troubles honestly.
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The board's Panglossian attitude blinded them to the real financial challenges ahead.
Synonyms
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2.8
A tendency to expect good results and see the positive side of things
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4.1
Believing something you want will happen even though it is unlikely
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5.1
A way of seeing things as better than they are and ignoring problems
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1.3
A feeling that good things will happen
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8.5
A cheerful, confident feeling about the future
An overly optimistic view that ignores real problems
Unrealistic hope despite clear signs it will not happen
An idea that things will always turn out well, even when there are problems
Being too positive and ignoring real problems
An overly optimistic view that ignores problems
An overly optimistic view that ignores real problems
An overly hopeful way of dealing with problems that ignores bad signs
A view that is too positive and ignores problems
An optimistic view of the future that is often unrealistic
Seeing things in a very positive way that ignores problems
A too positive view of the past that leaves out bad things
Expecting only good results and ignoring risks
Antonyms
How Optimistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'Panglossian' already encodes 'excessively optimistic,' so combining it with the noun 'attitude' yields the meaning 'an excessively optimistic attitude' in a directly compositional way. The adj + noun composition follows a standard, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Panglossian attitude comes from Dr. Pangloss, a character in the old story 'Candide' who always said 'everything is for the best' even when bad things went very wrong. So, calling someone's attitude Panglossian means they are 'too optimistic' and often 'ignore real problems'.