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Baconian
[ bey-koh-nee-uhn ]
noun
- an adherent of the Baconian philosophy.
Baconian
/ beɪˈkəʊnɪən /
adjective
- of or relating to Francis Bacon, the philosopher, or to his inductive method of reasoning
noun
- a follower of Bacon's philosophy
- one who believes that plays attributed to Shakespeare were written by Bacon
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- an·ti-Ba·co·ni·an adjective noun
- Ba·co·ni·an·ism Ba·co·nism [bey, -k, uh, -niz-, uh, m], noun
- pre-Ba·co·ni·an adjective noun
- pro-Ba·co·ni·an adjective noun
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Example Sentences
Mill, like his Scottish rivals, applies 'Baconian' principles.
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Wait half an hour, then open the cell, introduce a Shakespearite and a Baconian, and let them cipher and assume.
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The second three of the Baconian six were “presumably” spent by the Stratford lad as apprentice to a butcher.
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Of all the important physical discoveries, there is not one which shows that its author made it by the Baconian instrument.
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No Baconian creed will in the future limit the operations of the intellect.
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