Lévy-Bruhl

/ (levibrul) /

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noun

Lucien (lysjɛ̃). 1857–1939, French anthropologist and philosopher, noted for his study of the psychology of primitive peoples

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Words nearby Lévy-Bruhl

Lev's syndrome, levulinic acid, levulose, levulosemia, levy, Lévy-Bruhl, levy en masse, Lew, lewd, lewdness, Lewes

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He raised the device in front of his face, eyeing it suspiciously from behind his Eugene Levy eyebrows.
Inside Uber’s Political War Machine|Olivia Nuzzi|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
French philosopher Bernard Henri Levy has been a staunch defender of the right to offend and blaspheme--when it comes to Islam.
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In the mixed city of Haifa, for example, the Jewish mayor Shabtai Levy met with Arab leaders just before the war broke out.
The Triumph and Tragedy of Ari Shavit’s My Promised Land|Sol Stern|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Arab leaders told Levy that they had been ordered out—and even threatened—by al-Husseini and must obey.
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The Bain investment is likely welcome news for retailers such as Levy.
The Cult of Canada Goose|Keli Goff|December 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
If this stinking quartet takes it into its head to levy annual blackmail, where is the money coming from?
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Whatever property on which a levy could have been made by judicial process against the bankrupt passes to the trustee.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
But the levy could not be collected till Michaelmas, and meantime the King appealed for an advance.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Maybe if we did go with Thorgils we should meet many more men on the way to the levy also.
A Prince of Cornwall|Charles W. Whistler
King Harald sent round the whole of Norway calling out a levy, one half of the general war-muster.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson

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