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Saint-Simon

American  
[san-see-mawn] / sɛ̃ siˈmɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Comte de, 1760–1825, French philosopher and social scientist.

  2. Louis de Rouvroy 1675–1755, French soldier, diplomat, and author.


Saint-Simon British  
/ sɛ̃simɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Comte de (kɔ̃t də), title of Claude Henri de Rouvroy. 1760–1825, French social philosopher, generally regarded as the founder of French socialism. He thought society should be reorganized along industrial lines and that scientists should be the new spiritual leaders. His most important work is Nouveau Christianisme (1825)

  2. Duc de (dyk də), title of Louis de Rouvroy. 1675–1755, French soldier, statesman, and writer: his Mémoires are an outstanding account of the period 1694–1723, during the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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French visionaries like Henri de Saint-Simon and Charles Fourier wrote of ideal societies based on sharing and cooperation.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

But on the corner of the boulevard and Rue de Saint-Simon, a few steps away from the Musée D’Orsay, concrete sidewalks give way to Sahara sands.

From Washington Post Feb. 18, 2021

Surrounded by courtiers like the gossipy Lord Saint-Simon, he composed decrees and consulted with high officials.

From Salon Sep. 16, 2019

When he visited France, he mentioned that he had read Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Saint-Simon, Fourier, Sartre, and twelve others.

From The New Yorker Mar. 30, 2015

The characteristic literary figures of the opening years of the period are d’Aguesseau, Fontenelle, Saint-Simon, personages in many ways interesting and remarkable, but purely transitional in their characteristics.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

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