Hobbesianadj.
/ˈhɒbzɪən/ Of or relating to Hobbes or his philosophy.
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1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric I. i. iii. 89 Any admirer of the Hobbesian Philosophy.
1888 T. H. Huxley in 19th Cent. Feb. 165 The Hobbesian war of each against all was the normal state of existence.
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Hobbesianism n. = Hobbism n.
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Hobbesianisma1866
a1866 J. Grote Exam. Utilit. Philos. (1870) ix. 158 Mr. Mill tries to rise above his Hobbesianism.
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