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Hobbes

American

[hobz] / hɒbz /

noun

Thomas, 1588–1679, English philosopher and author.

Hobbes British

/ hɒbz /

noun

Thomas. 1588–1679, English political philosopher. His greatest work is the Leviathan (1651), which contains his defence of absolute sovereignty

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Hobbesian

noun

Example Sentences

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"It's like if the Manhattan Project announced the nuclear bomb within a cute little Calvin and Hobbes cartoon."

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Many translators have approached Thucydides since Thomas Hobbes made the first direct translation into English in 1628.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The founders of these micronations — in the 2000s quite a few dot-com tycoons — were usually men of means, steeped in Ayn Rand and Thomas Hobbes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

And this book has been compared to “Catcher in the Rye,” “A Prayer for Owen Meany,” Calvin and Hobbes.

From Salon • May 22, 2024

Digby, a friend of Hobbes and a founding member of the Royal Society, played a crucial role in popularizing the word ‘fact’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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