SYNONYMS | EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN noun a remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all.
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.
Origin of panacea 1540–50; <
Latin <
Greek panákeia, equivalent to
panake-, stem of
panakḗs all-healing (
pan- pan- +
akḗs a cure) +
-ia -ia Related forms pan·a·ce·an , adjective noun an ancient Greek goddess of healing.
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Examples from the Web for panacea Contemporary Examples of panacea 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.
Even a ban on semi-automatics is no panacea in a world full of powerful shotguns.
The insulting needs to stop, but so too does the idea that tax cuts and family values are a panacea to all socioeconomic issues.
Historical Examples of panacea A brick may be considered a panacea , and may be carried in the hat.
Government interference, the panacea of cranks and schemers.
It is merely a spoon with which the panacea can be administered.
Then rest is sought for—rest is looked for as the panacea for all evils.
I'm not a woman—tears are no panacea for suffering like mine.
British Dictionary definitions for panacea noun a remedy for all diseases or ills
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Derived Forms panacean , adjective Word Origin for panacea C16: via Latin from Greek panakeia healing everything, from pan all + akēs remedy
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Word Origin and History for panacea n. "universal remedy," 1540s, from Latin panacea , a herb (variously identified) that would heal all illnesses, from Greek panakeia "cure-all," from panakes "all-healing," from pan- "all" (see pan- ) + akos "cure," from iasthai "to heal" (see -iatric ). Earlier in English as panace (1510s).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
n. A remedy claimed to be curative of all problems or disorders; a cure-all.
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