hobbesian|hobbesians in English

noun

follower of the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes

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1. In Hobbesian terms, life is short and brutish there.

2. Oakeshott does not, however[Sentencedict], adopt the Hobbesian idiom of social contract.

3. Oakeshott does not, however, adopt the Hobbesian idiom of social contract.

4. The 2016 campaign began earlier this year, but the Hobbesian Brutishness of our colluding conflict began much earlier

5. The 2016 campaign began earlier this year, but the Hobbesian Brutishness of our colluding conflict began much earlier

6. Later political theorists, like Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Nietzsche would even develop a word for Hobbesian man.

7. These accounts portray life behind bars as a cruel twist on the Hobbesian description of life: nasty, brutish and long.