Toynbee

American  

[toin-bee] / ˈtɔɪn bi /

noun

1. Arnold J(oseph), 1889–1975, English historian.

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Toynbee British  

/ ˈtɔɪnbɪ /

noun

1. Arnold 1852–83, British economist and social reformer, after whom Toynbee Hall , a residential settlement in East London, is named

2. his nephew, Arnold Joseph . 1889–1975, British historian. In his chief work, A Study of History (1934–61), he attempted to analyse the principles determining the rise and fall of civilizations

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Example Sentences

Toynbee documented their movement to suburbs, with the cities becoming predictably poorer, “infested with slums.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The British historian Arnold Toynbee saw the Industrial Revolution as “a period as disastrous and terrible as any through which a nation ever passed.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Ikeda was a prolific writer, publishing a number of books on Buddhism, dialogues with intellectuals such as British historian Arnold Toynbee, and a 12-volume novel “Human Revolution”.

From Reuters

Toynbee, who has a wife and adult children, said he is used to being away from family.

From Seattle Times

Whereas Polly Toynbee, Guardian journalist, said it was a symbol that sent all the wrong messages at a time when "social mobility is going backwards".

From BBC