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Witt⋅gen⋅stein

[vit-guhn-shtahyn, -stahyn]
–noun
Lud⋅wig (Jo⋅sef Jo⋅hann) [loot-vikh yoh-zef yoh-hahn, lood-] , 1889–1951, Austrian philosopher.

Witt⋅gen⋅stein⋅i⋅an, adjective, noun
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Witt·gen·stein   (vĭt'gən-shtīn', -stīn)   
Austrian philosopher who taught in England and who had a major influence on 20th-century philosophy. His main works, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921) and Philosophical Investigations (1953), explore the relation between language and the world.
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