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Jamesian, a. (n.)|ˈdʒeɪmzɪən|
[f. James + -ian.]
1. Of or pertaining to the American philosopher and psychologist William James (1842–1910) or his works. Also as n., a follower or admirer of William James.
1875C. Wright Let. 18 July in R. B. Perry Tht. & Char. W. James (1935) I. 532 He rather attracts me by the Jamesian traits. 1935R. B. Perry Tht. & Char. W. James II. 668 While there are very few pure Jamesians, in the sense of direct descent, the world is full of mixed Jamesians, who acknowledge their common relationship to him without feeling any bond with one another. 1955Koestler Trail of Dinosaur 249 The Jamesian view that a transcendental faith was a biological necessity for man. 1964Amer. Philos. Q. I. 115/1 Elements in the German phenomenology of the 1930's..are clearly repugnant to the post-Jamesian American philosophical temper.
2. Of or pertaining to the American (later naturalized British) writer Henry James (1843–1916) or his works. Also as n., a follower or admirer of Henry James.
1905Daily Chron. 7 Sept. 3/1 The plot..is Jamesian..in its tenuity. 1954Essays in Crit. IV. 371, I am not a good enough Jamesian to decide the other claim. 1958Listener 17 July 98/1 For Jamesians, it is the first thrilling scent of the great chase. 1972J. Symons Bloody Murder xvi. 235 The motivations of his characters seem at times to be of Jamesian complexity. |