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
First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin, from Greek panákeia, equivalent to panake-, stem of panakḗs “all-healing” (pan- “all” + akḗs “a cure”) + -ia noun suffix; pan-, -ia
Still, technology may not be a panacea for the hard-pressed farming sector.
A.I. gets down in the dirt as precision agriculture takes off|Aaron Pressman|October 5, 2020|Fortune
Free fridges are not a panacea to food insecurity, says Sam Pawliger, who is heading up a community fridge project out of the Clinton Hill Fort Greene Mutual Aid group in Brooklyn.
Mutual Aid Groups Reckon With the Future: ‘We Don’t Want This to Just Be a Fad’|Tim Donnelly|September 2, 2020|Eater
They have to acknowledge that recreation is not a panacea and that there are hard things that come with the outsize power of visitors there for the outdoors.
The Recreation Economy Isn't As Resilient As We Thought|Heather Hansman|August 29, 2020|Outside Online
CAP came out for airstrikes against ISIS inside Iraq in June, but warned they were not a panacea.
After Underestimating ISIS, Obama Scrambles for Plan to Defeat Them|Josh Rogin|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Relying on a phone call a week from your kids is hardly a panacea for loneliness.
Pope Francis Is Wrong About My Child-Free Life|Amanda Marcotte|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Common Core standards are not a panacea; much depends on the curricula that states and districts select to implement them.
The Incredibly Stupid War on the Common Core|Charles Upton Sahm|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even a ban on semi-automatics is no panacea in a world full of powerful shotguns.
There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre|Megan McArdle|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The insulting needs to stop, but so too does the idea that tax cuts and family values are a panacea to all socioeconomic issues.
How Do You Make Inroads With Asian-Americans?||November 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Charity that really touches the heart is a panacea for more ills than any remedy we have.
Religion And Health|James J. Walsh
Perhaps we could find a panacea in the practice of our Pilgrim Fathers.
Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z|Various
I answer it is no catholicon, no panacea; nor is any cure for all diseases to be found.
Every Man his own Doctor|R. T. Claridge
I too have been seeking for a 'Grail'—a panacea which is to be found only where I had stopped looking for it!
Roland Graeme: Knight|Agnes Maule Machar
Gold is all-powerful, the goal of man's vain ambitions, the panacea of earthly ill.
Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St Luke|Henry Burton
British Dictionary definitions for panacea
panacea
/ (ˌpænəˈsɪə) /
noun
a remedy for all diseases or ills
Derived forms of panacea
panacean, adjective
Word Origin for panacea
C16: via Latin from Greek panakeia healing everything, from pan all + akēs remedy