Panglossian refers to an excessive optimism, particularly in the face of adversity or evidence to the contrary. The term is derived from the character Professor Pangloss in Voltaire's satirical novel Candide.
Pangloss, a tutor and philosopher, staunchly believes that we live in "the best of all possible worlds," regardless of the suffering and misfortune he and others experience. His philosophy is a parody of Leibniz's philosophy of optimism, which argued that God, being benevolent and omnipotent, must have created the best possible world, even if it appears imperfect to us.
Therefore, to be described as "panglossian" is to be seen as naively and stubbornly optimistic, clinging to a positive worldview despite the presence of hardship and negative realities. It implies a refusal to acknowledge or address problems, instead rationalizing them as necessary components of a supposedly perfect system. People called panglossian might be seen as exhibiting blind optimism or unrealistic optimism.
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