Nordau

American  

[nawr-dau] / ˈnɔr daʊ /

noun

1. Max Simon 1849–1923, Hungarian author, physician, and leader in the Zionist movement.

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Nordau British  

/ ˈnɔrdau /

noun

1. Max Simon (maks ˈziːmɔn), original name Max Simon Südfeld. 1849–1923, German author, born in Hungary; a leader of the Zionist movement

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Nordau

One of the big books of 1892 was “Degeneration,” whose author, Max Nordau, was Hungarian but lived most of his life in Paris.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 11, 2014

Blank, for instance, spends time fruitfully considering degeneration—a perversion of Darwin that lay behind some lethal pseudo-science—but she neglects to mention the famous Max Nordau book of that title.

From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2012

Nordau claimed Britain's problem wasn't lagging exports or technological stagnation, but degenerate pop culture.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2010

So down went the British economy and nobody knew why until 1893, when a joyless patriot named Max Nordau published his book Degeneration.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2010

The name of Dr Max Nordau will be familiar to many readers of this book.

From Oscar Wilde by Leonard Cresswell Ingleby

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