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əˈsinoun
1.
a remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all.
2.
an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties: His economic philosophy is a good one, but he tries to use it as a panacea.
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Panacea
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Example Sentences
- Looking to online education as a panacea isn't going to work.
- As far as catch shares go, they are not a panacea.
- Everyone from greens to government officials has hyped a hydrogen-based economy as the panacea for fossil fuel woes.
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Word Origin & History
panacea
1548, from L. panacea, an all-healing herb (variously identified), from Gk. panakeia "cure-all," from panakes "all-healing," from pan- "all" + akos "cure," from iasthai "to heal." Earlier in Eng. as panace (1513).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
panacea pan·a·ce·a (pān'ə-sē'ə)
n.
A remedy claimed to be curative of all problems or disorders; a cure-all.
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