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 His theory of language structure, transformational generative grammar, superseded the behaviourist view of Leonard Bloomfield

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Other Word Forms

Chomskyan

noun

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Chomsky didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on the latest emails.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

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

Epstein also reportedly used his money skills to help famed linguist Noam Chomsky, with whom he exchanged several messages over the years and invited to stay at his homes.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Chomsky was one of Epstein's famous financial clients, many of whom Epstein helped to save billions of dollars, Mr Levine said.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Clearly, Chomsky and Rand were cut from a similar cloth as Goddard.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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