Spengler

American

[speng-gler, shpeng-gluhr] / ˈspɛŋ glər, ˈʃpɛŋ glər /

noun

Oswald 1880–1936, German philosopher.

Spengler British

/ ˈʃpɛŋlər, ˈspɛŋlə /

noun

Oswald (ˈɔsvalt). 1880–1936, German philosopher of history, noted for The Decline of the West (1918–22), which argues that civilizations go through natural cycles of growth and decay

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Other Word Forms

Spenglerian

noun

Example Sentences

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When a client asked her a year ago to design a glossary to train an artificial intelligence system, translator Jessica Spengler realised she was going to train her own replacement.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Phoebe’s too young for dangerous urban ghostbusting and feels out of step with her family, Gary doesn’t know how he fits in with the rest of the Spengler clan, etc., etc.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

The first three films deliver producers Iilya Salkind and Pierre Spengler while the fourth offers the movie’s writer Mark Rosenthal.

From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Reitman actually played a small role in the film, appearing in ghostly form as the stand-in for the late Harold Ramis' character, Egon Spengler, and he couldn't have been any prouder of his son's accomplishment.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2022

I looked to my left and in an adjacent car saw Colonel Spengler, the chief of the Witwatersrand Security Branch.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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