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Proudhon

American  
[proo-dawn] / pruˈdɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Pierre Joseph 1809–65, French socialist and writer.


Proudhon British  
/ prudɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Pierre Joseph (pjɛr ʒozɛf). 1809–65, French socialist, whose pamphlet What is Property? (1840) declared that property is theft

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Yet Proudhon would deny that there is any example in history of a just government.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Among his heroes, Mr. Wilson cites Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, a Frenchman considered by many to be the “father of anarchism.”

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2018

Much of his time was spent disagreeing with other radicals, attacking Proudhon in particular, whom he likened to one of the “bourgeois economists”.

From Economist • Aug. 25, 2016

They ran in the Christmas issue of 1982 and the first one was called Proudhon and Bakunin have tea in Tumbridge Wells.

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2013

This was not the case with Proudhon; he lacked mental self-discipline.

From The life and teaching of Karl Marx by Beer, M.