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▪ I. Millian, a. and n.|ˈmɪlɪən| [f. the name of John Stuart Mill (1806–73), English philosopher + -ian.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to Mill or his philosophical or political theories. B. n. A follower of Mill or his theories. (See also Millite a. and n.)
1859J. A. Symonds Let. Apr. (1967) I. 183 He has a truly Millian contempt for public opinion. 1950E. Nagel in Mill Philos. Scientific Method p. xlvii, There are doubtless no perfect Millians alive today. 1958Victorian Studies I. 253 Later Millians,..such as Bain, Croom Robertson and Sully, were eclipsed by the bold but philosophically shallow eloquence of men like Huxley and Tyndall. 1972Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Apr. 420/5 Practical criticism operated on the John Stuart Millian assumption that out of this bedlam the truth would ultimately emerge. ▪ II. Millian obs. form of Milan, million. |