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Althusserian

Althusserian adjective: of or pertaining to Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher.

Adjective

Althusserian (comparative more Althusserian, superlative most Althusserian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher.
    • […] rearticulation brought the question of temporality into the thinking of structure, and marked a shift from a form of Althusserian theory that takes structural totalities as theoretical objects to one in which the insights into the contingent possibility of structure inaugurate a renewed...1997, Judith Butler, “Further Reflections on Conversations of Our Time”, in Diacritics, volume 27, number 1, →DOI

Noun

Althusserian (plural Althusserians)

  1. A proponent of the philosophy of Louis Pierre Althusser.

Forms of Althusserian

Adjective
comparativemore Althusserian
superlativemost Althusserian
Noun
pluralAlthusserians

Origin of Althusserian

From French Althusser + -ian.

Words formed from Althusserian

Questions about Althusserian

What does Althusserian mean?
Althusserian means of or pertaining to Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher.
What part of speech is Althusserian?
Althusserian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Althusserian in the dictionary

  1. Althorpe
  2. although
  3. Althouse
  4. Althouses
  5. althupite
  6. Althusserian
  7. Althusserianism
  8. Althusserians
  9. alti
  10. Altice
  11. Altices

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