Lukacs

American  

[loo-kahch] / ˈlu kɑtʃ /

noun

1. George, 1885–1971, Hungarian literary critic.

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Lukács British  

/ ˈluːkætʃ /

noun

1. Georg (ˈɡeɪɔːk), original name György. 1885–1971, Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic, whose works include History and Class Consciousness (1923), Studies in European Realism (1946), and The Historical Novel (1955)

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Example Sentences

When Luca Guadagnino encountered the isolated, searching outcasts at the heart of “Bones and All” in Dave Kajganich’s screenplay from Camille DeAngelis’ novel, the Italian filmmaker was reminded of a quote from philosopher György Lukács he’d long cherished.

From Los Angeles Times

One of my favorite sentences of his: “The peculiar esotericism of Western Marxist theory was to assume manifold forms: in Lukacs, a cumbersome and abstruse diction, freighted with academicism; in Gramsci, a painful and cryptic fragmentation, imposed by prison; in Benjamin, a gnomic brevity and indirection...”

From Los Angeles Times

"I know a lot of really cool and great teachers who do not get enough money for the work and love they put into their profession," said Lujza Lukacs, a 14-year-old student at the blockade, who started secondary school last month.

From Reuters

Somewhat lazily, the sieve that Cohen consults too often seems full of little nuggets from the “History” section in “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations” — pithy epigrams from writers like John Lukacs, George Orwell and Leopold von Ranke.

From Washington Post

In the novel's opening scene, a much-older Mac picks up a grad student at a conference who's "all elbow-patched corduroy and absurd woolen scarf and lips pouting suggestively around the word Lukács."

From Salon