panacea
pronunciation
How to pronounce panacea in British English:
UK [ˌpænəˈsiːə]
How to pronounce panacea in American English:
US [ˌpænəˈsiːə]
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- Noun:
- hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
Word Origin
- 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).
Example
- 1. There can be no panacea for banking regulators .
- 2. Research also shows that microfinance is not a welfare-to-work panacea .
- 3. Still , speaking good mandarin is not a panacea .
- 4. Inflation is not a panacea . But it is a useful tonic .
- 5. First , involving the private sector in post-conflict recovery efforts is no panacea .