Nordau

American  

[nawr-dou] / ˈnɔr daʊ /

noun

1. Max Simon 1849–1923, Hungarian author, physician, and leader in the Zionist movement.

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Nordau British  

/ ˈnɔrdau /

noun

1. Max Simon (maks ˈziːmɔn), original name Max Simon Südfeld. 1849–1923, German author, born in Hungary; a leader of the Zionist movement

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Example Sentences

While Nordau’s distaste for Wagner – whose operas were embraced by Hitler with quasi-religious fervor – was not “racial” in nature and may have been inflated by the composer’s notorious antisemitism, questions over what qualified as degenerate art illustrated how nebulous the concept was.

From Salon

Nordau, who had declared that composer Richard Wagner — perhaps the Nazis’ most venerated cultural icon — possessed a “greater abundance of degeneration than all the degenerates put together with whom we have hitherto become acquainted,” would no doubt have disagreed.

From Salon

One of the big books of 1892 was “Degeneration,” whose author, Max Nordau, was Hungarian but lived most of his life in Paris.

From The New Yorker

Says Nordau: "Isn't that Bernard in the booking-office?"

From Project Gutenberg

"Quoi donc! who is this Nordau—a spy of Napoleon's?" demands Hugo, in bewildered accents.

From Project Gutenberg