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panacea
1[ pan-uh-see-uh ]
Panacea
2[ pan-uh-see-uh ]
noun
- an ancient Greek goddess of healing.
panacea
/ ˌpænəˈsɪə /
noun
- a remedy for all diseases or ills
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Derived Forms
- ˌpanaˈcean, adjective
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Other Words From
- pana·cean adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of panacea1
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Example Sentences
CAP came out for airstrikes against ISIS inside Iraq in June, but warned they were not a panacea.
Relying on a phone call a week from your kids is hardly a panacea for loneliness.
The Common Core standards are not a panacea; much depends on the curricula that states and districts select to implement them.
In these parts of the world it was (and probably still is) the local panacea of choice.
But Levy does admit that his “fantasy” is no short-term panacea.
Ahimsa truly understood is in my humble opinion a panacea for all evils mundane and extra-mundane.
Take him in repose, and he looked a lank ascetic who dreamed of a happy land where flagellation was a joy and pain a panacea.
She saw a pained look flit over the countenance of the visitor, and administered the only panacea she possessed.
I shall next proceed to consider the Bill which the Government have introduced as a panacea for the woes of Ireland.
They contained about 60% alcohol, therefore it was a panacea for all ills that Harrison was afflicted with, and he had many.
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