Chomsky

American

[chom-skee] / ˈtʃɒm ski /

noun

(Avram) Noam born 1928, U.S. linguist, educator, and political activist.

Chomsky British

/ ˈtʃɒmskɪ /

noun

( Avram ) Noam (ˈnəʊəm). born 1928, US linguist and political critic. His theory of language structure, transformational generative grammar, superseded the behaviourist view of Leonard Bloomfield

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Chomskyan

noun

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Chomsky, now 97, was hardly the only famous associate who was privately consoling Epstein or giving him advice to rehabilitate his public image.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

When asked about his relationship with Epstein, Chomsky told The Wall Street Journal, “First response is that it is none of your business. Or anyone’s. Second is that I knew him and we met occasionally.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

"N wants to send the letter below to his children," an email address identified as Valeria Chomsky wrote in September 2017.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

The latest document drop includes more correspondence between the famed linguist Noam Chomsky, 96, and Epstein.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025

Scythes Rand and Chomsky have these morbid conversations.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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