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Alternative form of Adornoian [Of or relating to Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969), German sociologist, philosopher, and musicologist known for his critical theory of society.]
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an Ancient Greek sophist who wrote several philosophical treatises (480 – 411 BCE)
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Of or pertaining to John Arbuthnot (1667?-1735), English physician and satirist.
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(dramaturgy, poetry) Aristophanean
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Synonym of homo Aristophaneus
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A classicist who studies the works of Aristophanes.
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Alternative spelling of Aristotelian [Of or pertaining to Aristotle, or his philosophy, logic, or followers.]
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Alternative form of Aristotelian. [Of or pertaining to Aristotle, or his philosophy, logic, or followers.]
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of, or relating to St Augustine of Hippo
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Of or pertaining to Maurice Barrès.
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Alternative letter-case form of Bartholinian. [Of or relating to Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655–1738), Danish anatomist who first described the Bartholin's gland.]
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Of or relating to the Gnostic sect founded by Basilides of Alexandria.
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Alternative form of Berkeleian [Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism.]
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Of or relating to Steve Biko (1946–1977), anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s.
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(historical) Of or pertaining to Bonapartism.
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Alternative form of Burkean [Of or relating to Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, remembered for his support of the cause of the American Revolutionaries, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution.]
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Of or relating to Clement, especially to Pope Clement I and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V and his compilations of canon law, or to the Sixto-Clementine Vulgate (commonly called the Clementine Vulgate).
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Alternative form of Comtian [Of or pertaining to Auguste Comte (1798–1857), French philosopher and founder of sociology and positivism.]
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Pertaining to dadaism.
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Daniel Defoe (c. 1659 to 1661 – 1731), English trader, writer, journalist and pamphleteer best known for writing Robinson Crusoe
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Alternative form of Deleuzian [Of or pertaining to Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995), French philosopher.]
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A person who admires or studies the works of Charles Dickens.
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Any catalog of Greek drama published by Alexandrian scholars.
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Alternative form of Foucauldian [A proponent of the philosophy of Michel Foucault.]
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Alternative form of Foucauldian [Of or pertaining to the philosophy of Michel Foucault.]
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A supporter of Galicianism
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Alternative form of Hartleyan [Of or relating to David Hartley (philosopher) (1705–1757), English philosopher and founder of the associationist school of psychology.]
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Either of two groups of four each of Shakespeare’s plays: The "first Henriad" (Henry VI, part 1, Henry VI, part 2, Henry VI, part 3, and Richard III), and the "second Henriad" (Richard II; Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; and Henry V).https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/richard-ii-shakespeare-questions-divine-right-of-kings/
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Relating to Henry, especially any of the kings called Henry; supporting or on the side of Henry.
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Relating to Heraclitus
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Of or relating to Saint Jerome.
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Alternative form of Hobbist [One who follows the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes; a Hobbesian.]
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Alternative form of Hobbesian [(philosophy) Of, relating to, or influenced by Thomas Hobbes or his philosophical theories.]
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(linguistics (philology), rare) A person with the characteristics and nature depicted in the comedies of the ancient Athenian playwright Aristophanes (c. 446 – c. 386 B.C.E.) as a literary figure, rather than a historically accurate Athenian person; an Aristophanic man.
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(literature, poetry) Of or pertaining to the Roman poet Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus; 65–8 BCE) or to his works or style.
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Alternative form of Humean [Of or pertaining to the philosophy of David Hume (1711–1776).]
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Alternative form of Humean [Of or pertaining to the philosophy of David Hume (1711–1776).]
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Alternative form of Huxleyan [Of or pertaining to Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), British writer.]
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A novel by Sir Walter Scott.
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Alternative letter-case form of Jacksonian [Of or pertaining to someone whose last name was Jackson.]
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Alternative form of Jacobin [(dated) A Dominican friar.]
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Of or pertaining to Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779–1869), military general and celebrated writer on the Napoleonic art of war.
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Alternative form of Lakoffian [Of or pertaining to George Lakoff (1941-), American cognitive linguist noted for his ideas about the centrality of metaphor to human thinking and behaviour.]
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Of or relating to Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743–1794), French nobleman and chemist central to the 18th-century Chemical Revolution.
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Alternative form of Leibnizian [Of or relating to the works of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.]
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Of or relating to Raphael Lemkin (1900–1959) or his writings against genocide (a word which he coined).
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(rare) Of, related to, or characteristic of the comics artist Rob Liefeld.
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John Locke (1632 – 1704); an influential English philosopher of the Enlightenment and social contract theorist.
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Alternative form of Lockean [Of or pertaining to John Locke (1632–1704), English physician and philosopher, regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers.]
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Of or relating to Peter Lombard (1096?–1164), scholastic theologian and bishop and author of The Four Books of Sentences, which became the standard textbook of theology.
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Of or pertaining to Jean-François Lyotard (1924–1998), French philosopher and literary theorist associated with postmodernism.
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Of or pertaining to William Shakespeare's play Macbeth (circa 1603-1607) about a regicide and the supernatural.
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Of or relating to Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician.
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Alternative form of Marcusean [Of or relating to Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979), German-American Marxist philosopher.]
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Alternative form of Marlovian [Of or relating to the English writer Christopher Marlowe (c.1564–1593).]
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(rare) Alternative form of McCloskeyan [Of or pertaining to Deidre McCloskey (1942-present), American economist at the University of Illinois at Chicago.]
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(politics) Of or pertaining to Angela Merkel (born 1954), German politician and chancellor of Germany since 2005.
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Of or pertaining to Elon Musk (born 1971), entrepreneur and business magnate.
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Alternative form of Napierian [Of or relating to John Napier (1550–1617), Scottish mathematician who discovered logarithms.]
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Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte; as, the Napoleonic Wars.
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Alternative form of Napoleonist [A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.]
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Of or pertaining to the Neo-Latin language.
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Of or relating to Julius Nyerere (1922–1999), Tanzanian politician and anticolonial activist.
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Alternative form of Oakeshottian [Of or relating to Michael Joseph Oakeshott (1901–1990), English philosopher and political theorist.]
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Of or pertaining to Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, famed for his diary kept during the time of the Great Plague of London and Great Fire of London.
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Alternative form of Petrarchan [Of or relating to Francesco Petrarch, a renowned Renaissance Italian humanist.]
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Alternative form of pietist [A supporter of pietism.]
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Alternative form of Pigouvian [Of or relating to Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-1959), English economist.]
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Of or relating to the fictional detective Hercule Poirot in the works of Agatha Christie.
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A general cognomen for authors of philosophical or medical treatises who attributed their work to the Greek philosopher Aristotle, or whose work was later attributed to him by others.
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Alternative form of Ptolemaian [Ptolemaic]
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Of, or relating to the Renaissance.
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Of or relating to Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886), American architect, or the Romanesque style that he popularised.
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Alternative form of Robespierrean [Of or pertaining to Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758–1794), one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution.]
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Of or relating to the mythological Roland, or The Song of Roland, the medieval epic poem in which he appears.
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Alternative form of Rousseauian [(philosophy) Of or relating to the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778).]
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Alternative form of Rousseauian [(philosophy) Of or relating to the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778).]
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Pertaining to the life or doctrines of the Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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Of or having the characteristics of adventure, romance, and intrigue, as in works of romantic fiction.
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A distinguished Peripatetic philosopher and historian
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Alternative form of Schoenbergian [Of or relating to Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), Austrian-American composer.]
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Alternative spelling of Shakespearean [A scholar of the works of Shakespeare.]
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Archaic spelling of Shakespearean. [(literature) Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of William Shakespeare (an English playwright), his works, or his authorship, or the time in which he lived.]
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Alternative form of Solovian [(economics) Of or pertaining to the economist Robert Solow.]
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Alternative form of Thoreauesque [Reminiscent of the works of Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), American writer and philosopher.]
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One of the dialogues written by Athenian philosopher Plato around 360 BC.
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Of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.
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Of or relating to Thomas Tooke (1774–1858), English economist who wrote about money and statistics.
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Of or relating to Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor.
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Alternative form of Voltairean [(philosophy) Of or pertaining to François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778; pen name "Voltaire"), French writer, essayist, and philosopher known for his wit and defence of civil liberties.]
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Alternative form of Wittgensteinian [Of or pertaining to the person or ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein, an Austrian-born twentieth-century philosopher noted for the idea of "family resemblance" as that which individual objects of a sense of a term have in common.]
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Pertaining to the religious teachings and publications of Ximénez de Cisneros.
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Alternative spelling of Zenonist [A follower of Zenonism.]
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