Korzybski

American

[kawr-zip-skee, -zhip-, kaw-zhip-skee] / kɔrˈzɪp ski, -ˈʒɪp-, kɔˈʒɪp ski /

noun

Alfred (Habdank Skarbek) 1879–1950, U.S. writer on general semantics, born in Poland.

Korzybski British

/ kɔːˈzɪbskɪ /

noun

Alfred ( Habdank Skarbek ). 1879–1950, US originator of the theory and study of general semantics, born in Poland

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

I know a little about Korzybski and how he wanted everybody to make what he called a cortico-thalamic pause whenever they get scared as hell.

From Project Gutenberg

It's really a semantic reaction test; Korzybski would have loved it.

From Project Gutenberg

He went back to the first century Pre-Atomic, and Pavlov and Korzybski and Freud.

From Project Gutenberg

You know," he said, "for a disciple of Korzybski, you came pretty close to confusing orders of abstraction, a couple of times, back there.

From Project Gutenberg

The novel was inspired by a work of Alfred Korzybski, Science and Sanity.

From Project Gutenberg

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023