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Heidegger

American  
[hahy-deg-er, -di-ger] / ˈhaɪ dɛg ər, -dɪ gər /

noun

  1. Martin, 1889–1976, German philosopher and writer.


Heidegger British  
/ ˈhaidɛɡər /

noun

  1. Martin (ˈmartiːn). 1889–1976, German existentialist philosopher: he expounded his ontological system in Being and Time (1927)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The son of a Swiss theologian, Heidegger devoted himself to promoting Italian opera at the Queen’s Theatre in the Haymarket.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Joan, the oldest sibling, debated their professor parents about the Bible, Heidegger or Machiavelli.

From New York Times Nov. 16, 2022

In fact, Heidegger was very interested in works of art and their function to authentically imitate life as it is and not as abstract concepts say it should be.

From Textbooks Jun. 15, 2022

As longtime fans might expect, behind the prose lies a wealth of hardcover learning, from the Bible and the Augsburg Book of Miracles to Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and Heidegger.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2021

All the rooms in the Hotel Filosoof were named after filosoofers: Mom and I were staying on the ground floor in the Kierkegaard; Augustus was on the floor above us, in the Heidegger.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

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