Hobbesian
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Hobbesian
Example Sentences
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In Hobbesian terms, life in a Fincher film tends to be solitary and poor, nasty and brutish, if not necessarily short.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2023
The Davids are justified in accusing Pinker, who scolds the rest of us for being insufficiently rational and scientific, of ignoring data contradicting his Hobbesian outlook.
From Scientific American • Feb. 28, 2022
Clyde’s worldview can be summed up in the Hobbesian phrase “nasty, brutish and short.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2022
This skeptical, Hobbesian view of human nature, in which war is an “integral part of human experience,” may be unflattering to our species, but it at least keeps us on our toes.
From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2020
All of them adopted a Hobbesian view of human nature.
From A Letter to Dion by Viner, Jacob
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