Lippmann

American  

[lip-muhn, leep-man] / ˈlɪp mən, lipˈman /

noun

1. Gabriel 1845–1921, French physicist: Nobel Prize 1908.

2. Walter, 1889–1974, U.S. journalist.

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Lippmann British  

/ lipman, ˈlɪpmən /

noun

1. Gabriel (ɡabriɛl). 1845–1921, French physicist. He devised the earliest process of colour photography: Nobel prize for physics 1908

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Example Sentences

It’s correct if he means a product that ends up lacking what the great Walter Lippmann once called “a sense of evidence.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Mr. Steel began working on his biography of Mr. Lippmann in the early 1970s.

From New York Times • May 8, 2023

For Progressive intellectuals like Walter Lippmann, it meant security from economic want.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2023

Reporter and commentator Walter Lippmann noted that citizens have limited personal experience with government and the world and posited that the media, through their stories, place ideas in citizens’ minds.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Or, as Lippmann actually put it—according to someone who heard the exchange—Dude, you owe us one point two billion.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis