Heidegger

American  

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

noun

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

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Heidegger British  

/ ˈhaidɛɡər /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Martin Heidegger was recorded to have laughed only once, according to the historian Paul Johnson.

From New York Times

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

From New York Times

The theme of the meeting was technology and psychiatry, which sounds odd but technology has a fairly long provenance in philosophy, starting with Heidegger at least.

From Salon

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

"Poor in world" was how the German philosopher, Martin Heidegger described the nature of "the animal" in general and he made no attempts to distinguish between species or individuals within species.

From Salon