Bergson

American  

[burg-suhn, berg-, berg-sawn] / ˈbɜrg sən, ˈbɛrg-, bɛrgˈsɔ̃ /

noun

1. Henri 1859–1941, French philosopher and writer: Nobel Prize in Literature 1927.

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Bergson British  

/ bɜːɡˈsəʊnɪən, bɛrksɔn, ˈbɜːɡsən /

noun

1. Henri Louis (ɑ̃ri lwi). 1859–1941, French philosopher, who sought to bridge the gap between metaphysics and science. His main works are Memory and Matter (1896, trans. 1911) and Creative Evolution (1907, trans. 1911): Nobel prize for literature 1927

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Bergsonian
  adjective

Example Sentences

Anna Bergson, who is married to a rabbi and whose children attend Jewish schools, said at a local vigil on Friday that antisemitic hatred had been "brewing" before the attack.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025

His father, Thomas, was a writer and English teacher, and his mother, Dr. Lucy Bergson LaFarge, is editor of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023

The former California governor and Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation Chairman Simon Bergson, the son of Holocaust survivors, highlighted how prejudice can be wiped out in the space of a generation.

From Reuters • Sep. 28, 2022

Bergson added: “Arnold and I are living proof that within one generation hatred can be shifted entirely. Governor, thank you for joining us here today.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2022

The modern system of intuition, towards which they hurry, following Bergson, its celebrated defender, represents decided reaction against rationalism, or to be more exact, against the powerlessness of rationalism....

From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne