Condillac

[ kawn-dee-yak ]

noun
  1. É·tienne Bon·not de [ey-tyenbaw-nawduh], /eɪˈtyɛn bɔˈnɔ də/, 1715–80, French philosopher.

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How to use Condillac in a sentence

  • Madame de Condillac stood watching him, her face composed, her glance cold.

    St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
  • Condillac after the marquis's death had refused to pay tithes to Mother Church and has flouted and insulted the Bishop.

    St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
  • They crossed the bridge and rode up the gently rising, bare, and rugged ground towards Condillac.

    St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
  • Monsieur de Garnache assumed that he was in the presence of Marius de Condillac.

    St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
  • "He is where all those who cross the will of Condillac must sooner or later find themselves," said Marius airily.

    St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for Condillac

Condillac

/ (French kɔ̃dijak) /


noun
  1. Étienne Bonnot de (etjɛn bɔno də). 1715–80, French philosopher. He developed Locke's view that all knowledge derives from the senses in his Traité des sensations (1754)

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