de Beauvoir

American  

[duh bohv-wahr, duh boh-vwar] / də boʊvˈwɑr, də boʊˈvwar /

noun

1. Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand, 1908–86, French playwright, novelist, and essayist.

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de Beauvoir British  

/ də bovwar /

noun

1. Simone (simɔn). 1908–86, French existentialist novelist and feminist, whose works include Le sang des autres (1944), Le deuxième sexe (1949), and Les mandarins (1954)

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Example Sentences

Ms. Winter cited Simone de Beauvoir to support her views.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

And then he says Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky and Simone de Beauvoir — listing all these European artists and thinkers — those are also yours.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

The film scandalised the American public and was banned in some US states, while the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir hailed her as an icon of "absolute freedom".

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

It inspire Simone de Beauvoir in 1960 to say, "BB now deserves to be considered an export product as important as Renault automobiles."

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

The backshifted Simone de Beauvoir noted that women faced discrimination is neutral as to whether such discrimination is a persistent feature of our society.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker