[hob-zee-uh
n] 
| 1. | a person who believes in or advocates the principles of Thomas Hobbes. |
| 2. | of, pertaining to, or recalling the principles of Thomas Hobbes. |
| Hobbes (hŏbz) English philosopher and political theorist best known for his book Leviathan (1651), in which he argues that the only way to secure civil society is through universal submission to the absolute authority of a sovereign. Hobbes'i·an adj. |