Butlerian
Butlerian adjective: of or relating to Samuel Butler (1835–1902), iconoclastic Victorian author.
Adjective
Butlerian (comparative more Butlerian, superlative most Butlerian)
- Of or relating to Samuel Butler (1835–1902), iconoclastic Victorian author.
- Of or relating to Judith Butler (born 1956), American philosopher focused on feminism, queer theory, and ethics.
- As [Mae] West aptly demonstrates, theatrical performance, performance in everyday life, and Butlerian performativity suggest how both actresses and prostitutes employ a variety of strategies to intervene in their discursive representations.2005, Kirsten Pullen, Actresses and Whores: On Stage and in Society, page 21
- As we have explained, Butlerian theory affords us a way of understanding gendered, heterosexual relations that illuminates and helps to make sense of the (non-)responses of our participants.2015, Tracy Morison, Catriona Macleod, Men's Pathways to Parenthood: Silence and Heterosexual Gendered Norms, page 47
Noun
Butlerian (plural Butlerians)
- An advocate of a form of Lamarckism put forward by Samuel Butler and Ewald Hering
Forms of Butlerian
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more Butlerian |
| superlative | most Butlerian |
| Noun | |
| plural | Butlerians |
Origin of Butlerian
From Butler + -ian.
Words formed from Butlerian
Phrases with Butlerian
Questions about Butlerian
- What does Butlerian mean?
- Butlerian means of or relating to Samuel Butler (1835–1902), iconoclastic Victorian author.
- What part of speech is Butlerian?
- Butlerian can be an adjective or a noun.
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