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
The founders of these micronations — in the 2000s quite a few dot-com tycoons — were usually men of means, steeped in Ayn Rand and Thomas Hobbes.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025
And this book has been compared to “Catcher in the Rye,” “A Prayer for Owen Meany,” Calvin and Hobbes.
From Salon • May 22, 2024
For Hobbes, the state of nature was so violent and chaotic that rational individuals would readily consent to the authority of an absolute monarch to establish law and order.
From Slate • May 9, 2024
Hobbes stripped the human personality for any capacity for love or tenderness or even simple fellow- feeling, leaving instead only fear.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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