Hutcheson

/ (ˈhʌtʃɪsən) /

noun

Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)

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What does "scattergood" mean?

a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.

a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.

a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.

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Words nearby Hutcheson

hustler, hustle up, Huston, hut, hutch, Hutcheson, hutchie, Hutchins, Hutchinson, Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome, Hutchinson's crescentic notch

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Example sentences from the Web for Hutcheson

Francis Hutcheson gave him no small inspiration; and Hutcheson means that he was indebted to Shaftesbury.
Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham|Harold J. Laski
Mrs. Hutcheson, who was your mother's dearest friend, sent that to you with her love.
When Grandmamma Was New|Marion Harland
The only remaining work assigned to Hutcheson is a small treatise on Logic (Glasgow, 1764).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1|Various
A: The other was Professor Hutcheson, before mentioned in p. 56.
The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the|Thomas Clarkson

A more objective determination of the moral sense is afterwards given by Hutcheson.
On the Ethics of Naturalism|William Ritchie Sorley

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