Condorcet

American  

[kawn-dawr-se] / kɔ̃ dɔrˈsɛ /

noun

1. Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat Marquis de, 1743–94, French mathematician and philosopher.

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Condorcet British  

/ kɔndɔrsɛ /

noun

1. Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de. 1743–94, French philosopher and politician. His works include Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind (1795)

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Example Sentences

After World War II, “the new development mainstream”—which trained its attention on a succession of newly independent states in Africa and Asia—was, Mr. Easterly says, “a lot closer to Condorcet than to Adam Smith.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Condorcet methods, named after 18th-century French mathematician and political philosopher Marquis de Condorcet, elect a candidate who would win in a head-to-head election against any other candidate.

From Scientific American • Nov. 2, 2023

Condorcet wrote the Sketch while hiding from the extremist wing of the French Revolution.

From Nature • Dec. 12, 2019

The convention enabled Condorcet to draft the world’s first democratic constitution.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2018

October 11th, a committee to frame a constitution is appointed, consisting of Siey�s, Paine, Bris-sot, Potion, Vergniaud, Gensonne, Barrere, Danton, Condorcet.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel