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Durkheimian

Durkheimian adjective: of or pertaining to David Émile Durkheim (1858-1917), French positivist sociologist commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science.

Adjective

Durkheimian (comparative more Durkheimian, superlative most Durkheimian)

  1. Of or pertaining to David Émile Durkheim (1858-1917), French positivist sociologist commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science
    • Order maintenance, I would argue, shares this Durkheimian understanding of social categories as imitating nature.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 5, in Illusion of Order

Noun

Durkheimian (plural Durkheimians)

  1. A proponent of Durkheim's ideas.

Forms of Durkheimian

Adjective
comparativemore Durkheimian
superlativemost Durkheimian
Noun
pluralDurkheimians

Origin of Durkheimian

From French Durkheim + -ian.

Questions about Durkheimian

What does Durkheimian mean?
Durkheimian means of or pertaining to David Émile Durkheim (1858-1917), French positivist sociologist commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science.
What part of speech is Durkheimian?
Durkheimian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Durkheimian in the dictionary

  1. durixerollic
  2. durixerolls
  3. durka durka
  4. Durkee
  5. Durkees
  6. Durkheimian
  7. Durkheimianism
  8. Durkheimians
  9. Durkin
  10. durking
  11. Durkins

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