Pangloss

/ (ˈpænɡlɒs) /

a person who views a situation with unwarranted optimism

Derived forms of Pangloss

Panglossian, adjective

C19: after Dr Pangloss, a character in Voltaire's Candide (1759)

Jefferson has had the character of Pangloss in his repertory for almost forty years.

Shadows of the Stage |William Winter
Pangloss explained to him how everything was so constituted that it could not be better.

Candide |Voltaire
During their voyage they reasoned a good deal on the philosophy of poor Pangloss.

Candide |Voltaire
There is a half-truth in the philosophy of Dr. Pangloss, and if fettered limbs go lame, the chains are not always clanking.

The Drunkard |Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

The spirit of Pangloss came upon me again as I thought of all I had seen that day,—there was nothing like it in my day.

Mystic London: |Charles Maurice Davies