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Ortega y Gasset

American  
[awr-tey-guh ee gah-set, awr-te-gah ee gahs-set] / ɔrˈteɪ gə i gɑˈsɛt, ɔrˈtɛ gɑ i gɑsˈsɛt /

noun

  1. José 1883–1955, Spanish philosopher, journalist, and critic.


Ortega y Gasset British  
/ ɔrˈteɣa i ɡaˈsɛt /

noun

  1. José (xoˈse). 1883–1955, Spanish essayist and philosopher. His best-known work is The Revolt of the Masses (1930)

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His work has also won recognition from the Hillman Foundation, the Ortega y Gasset Awards and the Society for News Design.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 7, 2026

In fact, his father, a follower of the philosopher José Ortega y Gasset, had opposed Franco during the Spanish Civil War and was nearly executed afterward.

From New York Times Sep. 12, 2022

This year the project won the Ortega y Gasset prize, one of the highest awards in Spanish-language journalism.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2022

“Rancor,” wrote José Ortega y Gasset, “is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.”

From Washington Post Sep. 30, 2020

Ortega y Gasset impresses me as a traveller who has journeyed through the world of culture.

From Youth and Egolatry by Jacob S. (Jacob Sloat) Fassett

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