Baconian

[bey-koh-nee-uhn]

Ba·co·ni·an

[bey-koh-nee-uhn]
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
noun
2.
an adherent of the Baconian philosophy.

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Origin:
1805–15; Bacon + -ian

Ba·co·ni·an·ism, Ba·co·nism [bey-kuh-niz-uhm] , noun
pre-Ba·co·ni·an, adjective
pro-Ba·co·ni·an, adjective
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Baconian (beɪˈkəʊnɪən)
 
adj
1.  of or relating to Francis Bacon, the philosopher, or to his inductive method of reasoning
 
n
2.  a follower of Bacon's philosophy
3.  one who believes that plays attributed to Shakespeare were written by Bacon

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