Chomsky

[ chom-skee ]

noun

1. (Avram) Noam [nohm, noh, -, uh, m], born 1928, U.S. linguist, educator, and political activist.

Chomsky

/ ˈtʃɒmskɪ /

noun

1. Chomsky(Avram) Noam1928MUSLANGUAGE: linguistPOLITICS: political critic ( Avram ) Noam (ˈnəʊəm). born 1928, US linguist and political critic. His theory of language structure, transformational generative grammar, superseded the behaviourist view of Leonard Bloomfield

Derived Forms

• ˈChomskyan, nounadjective

Example Sentences

For anyone whose political sympathies lie left of center, discovering and reading Chomsky is a rite of passage.

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The rest of the essays and lectures in The Masters of Mankind show how Chomsky insists on breaking all the rules.

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Regardless of how one wrestles with Noam Chomsky, one does always wrestle, leaving the bout much smarter and stronger.

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The closing lecture also presents questions that Chomsky never answers—mainly one of alternatives.

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When was the first time you heard about Chomsky, and what did you hear?

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