Chomsky

[chom-skee]

noun

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

Chomsky

/ ˈtʃɒmskɪ /

noun

1. ( 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 His theory of language structure, transformational generative grammar, superseded the behaviourist view of Leonard Bloomfield

Other Word Forms

• Chomskyan noun

Example Sentences

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

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Like many college kids, Allaire became interested in the work of Noam Chomsky, an American scholar known for his work in linguistics, political activism and social criticism.

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There’s a good line attributed to linguist and activist Noam Chomsky that if Americans loved politics as much as they love sports, there would be a revolution tomorrow.

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An internet search of the most influential American political books of the last half-century will reveal such works as Noam Chomsky’s “Manufacturing Consent” or Naomi Klein’s “The Shock Doctrine.”

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He is the author of several books, and co-author with Noam Chomsky of "The Myth of American Idealism."

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