Hobbes
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Hobbesian noun
Example Sentences
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On a campus where expectations outpace reality, the 75 minutes Mr. Mansfield devoted to Machiavelli or Hobbes felt special.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
In the first ‘Sex and the City’ movie, released in 2008, Cynthia Nixon’s Miranda Hobbes exasperatedly acknowledges the trend: “That’s it?!” she says, aghast as the costume options in a store.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024
And this book has been compared to “Catcher in the Rye,” “A Prayer for Owen Meany,” Calvin and Hobbes.
From Salon • May 22, 2024
And it may be that Thomas Hobbes, history’s cheery optimist, was right: “The condition of man is a condition of war of every one against every one.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024
Hobbes was not right about science: in science, as far as they are concerned, there is no right or wrong.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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