Vico

American

[vik-oh, vee-koh, vee-kaw] / ˈvɪk oʊ, ˈvi koʊ, ˈvi kɔ /

noun

Giovanni Battista 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and jurist.

Vico British

/ ˈviːko, ˈvɪkəʊ /

noun

Giovanni Battista (dʒoˈvanni batˈtista). 1668–1744, Italian philosopher. In Scienza Nuova (1721) he postulated that civilizations rise and fall in evolutionary cycles, making use of myths, poetry, and linguistics as historical evidence

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Viconian

adjective

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I don’t mean that we are trapped in an inflexible pattern of endlessly repeating historical cycles, as in the more esoteric propositions of Vico and Nietzsche.

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2025

The Scot even has a special shrine in Vico San Nicola al Nilo, and a nickname - "McFratm".

From BBC ● May 23, 2025

Vico is more used to face-to-face battling than the structured dance that’s easier to score.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2023

Actor Vico Ortiz, who is Hispanic and nonbinary, defended Latinx during a recent interview on NBC’s “Today,” calling the Spanish language “incredibly binary.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2021

Another lost or mislaid comet is one found by De Vico at Rome, August 22, 1844.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke

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