Bergerian
Bergerian adjective: of or relating to Peter L. Berger (1929–2017), Austrian-born American sociologist and Lutheran theologian.
Adjective
Bergerian (comparative more Bergerian, superlative most Bergerian)
- Of or relating to Peter L. Berger (1929–2017), Austrian-born American sociologist and Lutheran theologian.
- Of or relating to Thomas Louis Berger (1924–2014), American novelist.
- In the Bergerian world, masks are often peeled away to reveal further masks, yet just as often what was mistaken for a mask turns out to be a face.2003, Jonathan Lethem, “Berger’s Ambivalent Usurpations”, in Thomas Berger, Meeting Evil, Penguin, published 2012, →ISBN
- Of or relating to John Berger (1926–2017), English art critic and novelist.
- This is what a Bergerian philosophy of life, art and politics equally constitutes: poetic as well as pragmatic, a Marxism somehow beyond time.2013, Andy Merrifield, John Berger, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 145
Forms of Bergerian
| comparative | more Bergerian |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Bergerian |
Origin of Bergerian
From Berger + -ian.
Questions about Bergerian
- What does Bergerian mean?
- Bergerian means of or relating to Peter L. Berger (1929–2017), Austrian-born American sociologist and Lutheran theologian.
- What part of speech is Bergerian?
- Bergerian is an adjective.
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