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Pan·gloss·i·an 
(pān-glŏs'ē-ən, -glôs'-, pāng-)
1. Blindly or naively optimistic.
2. Characterized by or given to extreme optimism, esp. in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
Origin:
1825–35; after Pangloss, an optimistic character in Voltaire's Candide
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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