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Hirstian

Hirstian adjective: of or relating to Paul Hirst (1946-2003), British sociologist and political theorist.

Adjective

Hirstian (comparative more Hirstian, superlative most Hirstian)

  1. Of or relating to Paul Hirst (1946-2003), British sociologist and political theorist.
    • But, secondly, such problems also affect any uncritical acceptance of a general Hirstian conception of the school curriculum as a set of relatively discrete disciplines—since it is clear from relatively recent educational history that this is not the only available curriculum conception.2003, David Carr, Education, Knowledge and Truth: Beyond the Postmodern Impasse
  2. Of or relating to Damien Hirst (born 1965), English artist.
    • Wotton explicitly lampoons conceptual art, but implicitly it is a Hirstian vision of sex and decay which runs throughout the novel and which informs a series of moments where the flesh is emphasised.2009, Andrew Smith, Queering the Gothic, page 187

Forms of Hirstian

comparativemore Hirstian
superlativemost Hirstian

Origin of Hirstian

From Hirst + -ian.

Questions about Hirstian

What does Hirstian mean?
Hirstian means of or relating to Paul Hirst (1946-2003), British sociologist and political theorist.
What part of speech is Hirstian?
Hirstian is an adjective.

Words near Hirstian in the dictionary

  1. Hirshman
  2. Hirske
  3. Hirson
  4. Hirsons
  5. Hirst
  6. Hirstian
  7. Hirsts
  8. hirsuitism
  9. hirsutal
  10. hirsute
  11. hirsuteine

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