Rousseau

[ roo-soh; French roo-soh ]

noun

1. Hen·ri [ah, n, -, ree], Le Douanier, 1844–1910, French painter.
2. Jean Jacques [zhah, n, zhahk], 1712–78, French philosopher, author, and social reformer; born in Switzerland.
3. (Pierre É·tienne) Thé·o·dore [pye, r, ey-, tyen, te-aw-, dawr], 1812–67, French painter.

Rousseau

/ ruso /

noun

1. RousseauHenri18441910MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painterPOLITICS: customs official Henri (ɑ̃ri), known as le Douanier . 1844–1910, French painter, who created bold dreamlike pictures, often of exotic landscapes in a naive style. Among his works are Sleeping Gypsy (1897) and Jungle with a Lion (1904–06). He also worked as a customs official
2. RousseauJean Jacques17121778MFrenchSwissPHILOSOPHY: philosopherWRITING: writer Jean Jacques (ʒɑ̃ ʒak). 1712–78, French philosopher and writer, born in Switzerland, who strongly influenced the theories of the French Revolution and the romantics. Many of his ideas spring from his belief in the natural goodness of man, whom he felt was warped by society. His works include Du contrat social (1762), Émile (1762), and his Confessions (1782)
3. RousseauThéodore18121867MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Théodore (teɔdɔr). 1812–67, French landscape painter: leader of the Barbizon school

Example Sentences

He had read Rousseau, Voltaire, and other thinkers in French society.

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Rousseau maintained that humans are peaceful in their natural state; wars result from the corrupting influences of civilization.

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The intellectual descendants of Hobbes and Rousseau tend to regard government as either a cure for or a cause of violence.

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And as Rousseau told us long ago, equality breeds comparison, and comparison breeds competition.

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Gilles Rousseau, father of substitute teacher Lauren, was in favor of the release.

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At eight in the evening he had copied a piece of music, not artistically but legibly, and Rousseau paid him the six cents.

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From suspicion, or merely to study his guest, Rousseau was on the lookout, and he followed the youth up the street.

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Chance ruled that Andrea's gaze, idle as it was from her sitting still to have her hair brushed, fell on Rousseau's attic.

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Neither the movement nor its cause escaped Rousseau, who saw that his employee trembled to be seen.

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While Gilbert leaned up against the doorjamb with emotion, Rousseau took a last peep out of the window.

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