Voltaire
noun
François Marie Arouet, 1694–1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist.
Voltairean
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a word derived from
Voltaire.
Example Sentences
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Chemerinsky, arguably the foremost First Amendment scholar in the country, believes, in the Voltairean tradition, that free speech is the bedrock of a free society.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 25, 2018
In 1782 Panckoucke—a familiar name in the correspondence of Voltaire and the Voltairean family—conceived the plan of a Methodical Encyclopædia.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by John Morley
There is something volcanic, Voltairean in his outbreaks.
From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Edward Caldwell Moore
Diderot made, in his ‘Encylopédie,’ the first stand in France against the Voltairean position, and increased opportunities of studying Shakespeare’s works increased the poet’s vogue.
From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Sir Sidney Lee
In Motley a spirit of the most refined humanity is everywhere visible; he is guilty of no Voltairean satiric stabs at purity, no petulant Voltairean flings at the faith he does not share.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various
