Usually means: Philosophy advocating greatest happiness principle.
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  1. Bentham: Merriam-Webster
  2. Bentham: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. Bentham: Wiktionary
  6. Bentham: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  9. Bentham (One Piece), Bentham: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Bentham: Rhymezone
  11. bentham: FreeDictionary.org
  12. bentham: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Bentham)

▸ noun:  An English habitational surname from Old English derived from any of several places.
▸ noun:  Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and social reformer.
▸ noun:  A village in Badgeworth civil parish, Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9116).
▸ noun:  A civil parish with a town council in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England.

Similar:
Bentley, Benton, Benson, Burton, Debenham, Hendon, bent, Bentson, Banham, Binstead, more...

Opposite:
Mill, utilitarianism

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Phrases:
Jeremy Bentham, george bentham, bentham jeremy, Bentham Science Publishers, Trevor Bentham, more...

Adjectives:
utilitarian, english, british, young, great, old, century, late, dear, celebrated, radical

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Similar:
Bentley, Benton, Benson, Burton, Debenham, Hendon, bent, Bentson, Banham, Binstead, more...

Opposite:
Mill, utilitarianism

Types:
act utilitarianism, rule utilitarianism, more...

Phrases:
Jeremy Bentham, george bentham, bentham jeremy, Bentham Science Publishers, Trevor Bentham, The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham, Bentham & Hooker system, Rosie Bentham, more...

Adjectives:
utilitarian, english, british, young, great, old, century, late, dear, celebrated, radical



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