de Man

American  

[duh man, mahn] / də ˈmæn, ˈmɑn /

noun

1. Paul, 1919–83, U.S. literary critic and theorist, born in Belgium.

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de-man British  

verb

1. to reduce the workforce of (a plant, industry, etc)

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Example Sentences

His one-room studio in Brooklyn’s Industry City has more books than canvases, and he quotes freely from the likes of Spivak, Karl Marx and Paul de Man.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2019

One of the motherships was a Taiwanese trawler called the Shun de Man 66, according to the Taiwanese law enforcement document reviewed by Reuters.

From Reuters • Oct. 14, 2019

Foucault and Derrida make appearances, as do de Man and John Searle.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 5, 2018

Considered one of the world’s foremost scholars of literature, Professor Hartman was associated with the “Yale School,” a cohort of literary theorists that included Harold Bloom, J. Hillis Miller and Paul de Man.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2016

This being done, he turned to his ordinary studies and occupations, and commenced writing in his "Histoire de Man Temps."

From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)