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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

He quotes the philosopher Thomas Hobbes that our lives have been “nasty, brutish and short.”

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025

Claiming to "oppose today's ruling," Lake called on the actual governor, Democrat Katie Hobbes and "the State Legislature to come up with an immediate common sense solution."

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2024

Someone said something about Hobbes, and without thinking I recited a line from Mill.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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