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- Dictionarypanacea/ˌpanəˈsiːə/
noun
- 1. a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases: "the panacea for all corporate ills"
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The meaning of PANACEA is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all. How to use panacea in a sentence. Did you know?
PANACEA definition: 1. something that will solve all problems: 2. something that will cure all illnesses 3. something…. Learn more.
PANACEA meaning: 1. something that will solve all problems: 2. something that will cure all illnesses 3. something…. Learn more.
Panacea definition: a remedy for all disease or ills.. See examples of PANACEA used in a sentence.
panacea in American English. (ˌpænəˈsiə) noun. 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. SYNONYMS 1, 2. elixir, nostrum.
It’s a panacea, a remedy that falsely claims to solve every problem ever. The Greek word pan means “all” (think of a pan orama, a view where you can see everywhere). The Greek word for “cure” is akēs (which looks like the word “aches”). Those are the roots of panacea, a cure for all aches.
panacea (for something) something that will solve all the problems of a particular situation. There is no single panacea for the problem of unemployment.
