Condorcet
Americannoun
noun
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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
It could hardly have been completed before the warfare broke out between the Mountain and the Girondins, when anything emanating from Condorcet and Paine would have been delayed, if not suppressed.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Moncure Daniel Conway
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