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.

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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

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Example Sentences

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

“He was born bored,” the great diarist Saint-Simon, a friend of the Duke’s since childhood, observed.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 29, 2019

Since Plato, there is scarcely any but the socialist Saint-Simon who attempted to classify the social careers.

From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul