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单词 toynbeean
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Toynbeeanadj.

Brit. /ˈtɔɪnbɪən/, U.S. /ˈtɔɪnbiən/
Forms: 1900s– Toynbean, 1900s– Toynbeean, 1900s– Toynbeian (rare).
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Toynbee , -an suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1889–1975), British historian + -an suffix.
Of or relating to the historian Arnold Toynbee, his style of writing, or his theories on the rise and decline of civilizations.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [adjective] > of types of history > of historians, theories, or styles
Whig1729
Whiggish1890
revisionist1926
Toynbeean1935
1935 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 7 317 One might even ask if appearance and disappearance is not the fundamental conception of religion... But under the Toynbeean wand I too digress.
1954 W. K. Hancock Country & Calling viii. 221 Even when he has attained these two virtues of attachment and justice, the historian still needs a third, which I call span. This resembles the Toynbeean quality of remoteness.
1975 Asian Affairs 62 239 I speak of dominance in the Toynbeean sense of a dominant civilization.
2016 Pakistan Perspectives (Nexis) 31 Dec. The Toynbeean analytical framework.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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