Meaning & use
Cornucopian
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Relating to or characterized by great abundance; overflowing with plenty.
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The report offered a cornucopian view of future resources, assuming technology would solve any shortage.
Critics dismissed the economist's cornucopian optimism as naive.
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Derived from 'cornucopia,' the mythical horn of plenty, the term is often used, sometimes skeptically, to describe optimistic views about unlimited resources.
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