Word.ws English Dictionary

Diderotian

Diderotian adjective: of or pertaining to Denis Diderot (1713–1784), prominent French philosopher, art critic, and writer of the Enlightenment.

Adjective

Diderotian (comparative more Diderotian, superlative most Diderotian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Denis Diderot (1713–1784), prominent French philosopher, art critic, and writer of the Enlightenment.

Forms of Diderotian

comparativemore Diderotian
superlativemost Diderotian

Origin of Diderotian

From Diderot + -ian.

Questions about Diderotian

What does Diderotian mean?
Diderotian means of or pertaining to Denis Diderot (1713–1784), prominent French philosopher, art critic, and writer of the Enlightenment.
What part of speech is Diderotian?
Diderotian is an adjective.

Words near Diderotian in the dictionary

  1. diderm
  2. diderms
  3. Diderot
  4. Diderot effect
  5. Diderot effects
  6. Diderotian
  7. didesmethyldoxylamine
  8. dideuteride
  9. dideuterides
  10. dideuterium
  11. Didești

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Diderotian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Diderotian.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/diderotian. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.