Bentham

American

[ben-thuhm, -tuhm] / ˈbɛn θəm, -təm /

noun

Jeremy, 1748–1832, English jurist and philosopher.

Bentham British

/ ˈbɛnθəm /

noun

Jeremy . 1748–1832, British philosopher and jurist: a founder of utilitarianism. His works include A Fragment on Government (1776) and Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789)

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Several homes were evacuated in Bentham Drive, off the Donegall Road, on Saturday afternoon while a house was searched.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

"These findings will be outlined at the inquest into the death of Savannah Bentham in due course."

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

"He'll have shown her a hundred fake documents and that will be one of them," says Det Con Chris Bentham who investigated the case.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2023

Mill’s approach to utilitarianism differs from Bentham’s by introducing qualitative distinctions among pleasures, where Bentham only considers the quantitative aspects of pleasure.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

The earliest mouth piece of Jeremy Bentham in Parliament, and his "middleman" with the public, was Sir Samuel Romilly.

From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.

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