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Hobbesian

[ hob-zee-uhn ]

noun

  1. a person who believes in or advocates the principles of Thomas Hobbes.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or recalling the principles of Thomas Hobbes.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hobbesian1

First recorded in 1770–80; Hobbes + -ian

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Example Sentences

The disasters that follow her freeing the vast slave cities of the eastern deserts teach her some very Hobbesian lessons.

Men are more likely to have unrealistic expectations that they would succeed, rather than fail, in this Hobbesian state.

Jeb Golinkin acknowledges the "quasi-Hobbesian" arguments advanced by gun rights advocates.

But those kinds of decisions are going to set off a sort of Hobbesian war of all-against-all within the Democratic coalition.

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