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

Barwise, of Bentham Drive in Childwall, Liverpool, was also fined £500.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 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

Like Bentham, the Irish philosopher Edmund Burke also rejected the concept of popular sovereignty.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

When he was past eighty years of age he set to work, like another Jeremy Bentham, to abolish the admission of hearsay evidence into French legal proceedings.

From Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works by Foote, G. W. (George William)

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