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Hobbes

American

[hobz] / hɒbz /

noun

Thomas, 1588–1679, English philosopher and author.

Hobbes British

/ hɒbz /

noun

Thomas. 1588–1679, English political philosopher. His greatest work is the Leviathan (1651), which contains his defence of absolute sovereignty

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Other Word Forms

Hobbesian noun

Example Sentences

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"It's like if the Manhattan Project announced the nuclear bomb within a cute little Calvin and Hobbes cartoon."

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

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

In the seventeenth century, Thomas Hobbes pegged laughter as the companion of scorn.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 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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