Condorcet
Americannoun
noun
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In 1989, during the French revolutionary bicentennial celebrations, Condorcet was symbolically interred in the Panthéon, but Brissot, who advocated the export of the revolution to other nations by force, remains a less-celebrated figure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Gore winning any hypothetical one-on-one election would make him a so-called Condorcet candidate.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 2, 2023
Condorcet wanted a classless French republic of citizens protecting their freedom through voting.
From Nature ● Dec. 12, 2019
Thus the great French philosopher Condorcet in 1793 proposed creating a new, indirect form of self-rule, linking local assemblies to a national government.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2018
At this time the long friendship between Paine and Condorcet, and the Marchioness too, had become very intimate.
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 Conway, Moncure Daniel
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