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Hobbesist

Hobbesist is the alternative form of Hobbist.

Meaning of Hobbist

Noun

Hobbist (plural Hobbists)

  1. One who follows the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes; a Hobbesian.
    • [I]f a Chriſtian, vvho has the view of Happineſs and Miſery in another Life, be asked vvhy a Man muſt keep his VVord, he vvill give this as a Reaſon: Becauſe God, vvho has the Povver of eternal Life and Death, requires it of us. But if an Hobbiſt be asked vvhy; he vvill anſvver, Becauſe the Publick...1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “No Innate Practical Principles”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, § 5...
    Synonyms:
    Hobbesian, Hobbesist

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Forms of Hobbesist

pluralHobbesists

Questions about Hobbesist

What is Hobbesist the alternative form of?
Hobbesist is the alternative form of Hobbist.

Words near Hobbesist in the dictionary

  1. Hobbeses
  2. Hobbesian
  3. Hobbesianism
  4. Hobbesians
  5. Hobbesism
  6. Hobbesist
  7. Hobbesists
  8. hobbet
  9. hobbets
  10. hobbetyhoy
  11. hobbetyhoys

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