panacea
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9.6
- noun
- /ˌpænəˈsiːə/
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panacea
- My mother tries to calm me down by administering her old panacea, milk and honey.
- panacea for all ills
- panacea for all problems
- quick fix or panacea
I would also say that no one bullet is a panacea and you're an athlete.
- I would also say that no one bullet is a panacea and you're an athlete.
- And that to me is the IT, it's like a panacea for avoiding bad decisions.
- The second big point is that although these interventions are not panaceas, they are catalyst.
- And that is psychedelics are not a panacea.
- That was kind of considered the great sort of panacea of life.
- I do not think these drugs are panaceas.
- Yeah, but often it's not the panacea.
- Yes, but it's not a panacea.
- So there's enough proof points there where, again, I'm not seeing a panacea.
- So I'm not saying you guys shouldn't do it, but I'm saying don't think there's a panacea.
- But I also think it's worth talking about the fact that this isn't necessarily a a panacea.
- But I think we need to think of people like this not as a panacea we can always count on, but rather as a wake up call, you know?
- It's, it's hailed as a panacea for all these problems that Central America and in the Caribbean basin countries having.
- Like there is no perfect panacea situation here.
- It's my my, my, my panacea for for everything.
Examples
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Elections are not a panacea, and individual freedom must be protected by a strong constitution.
Academic text (1998) -
Kissing in the classroom is no panacea for all that ails contemporary education.
Academic text (1992) -
Modern medicine in some ways has become a panacea for the problems created by modern living.
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And no doubt your love has proved to be a panacea too.
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To be fair, genetic engineering is not a panacea for agriculture and food supply.
Academic text (2012) -
Note that although these technologies offer great promise, they are not the panacea for students' writing difficulties.
Academic text (2015) -
There is, of course, no panacea for global financial crises.
Academic text (1999) -
Community colleges and ADN programs are not the panacea to all of our nation's social inequities.
Academic text (1995) -
Tech-prep is viewed as a panacea for the ills of education.
Academic text (1991) -
Many people believe that a healthy diet is a panacea for all ailments.
Synonyms
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7.5
A medicine that people say cures every illness but often does not work
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5.5
A treatment like a drug that cures or prevents a disease quickly and effectively
A solution people think will solve every problem
A medicine said to cure every disease
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Etymology
Panacea comes from the Greek name Panakeia, which means 'all-healing' and uses pan- 'all' plus a word for 'cure'. So a panacea today is a 'cure' or solution that is supposed to fix everything, which is why people often say there is no true panacea.