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Kantian

Kantian adjective: of, pertaining to, or resembling the philosophical views of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804).

Adjective

Kantian (comparative more Kantian, superlative most Kantian)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the philosophical views of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804).
    • Gurwitsch's notion of the perceptual noema as a completely idealized phenomenon is more Kantian than Husserlian.1964 Sep, James M. Edie, “Transcendental Phenomenology and Existentialism”, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, volume 25, number 1, page 59
    • Thus Django becomes the carrier of the “public use of one's reason”—the Kantian road to enlightenment given to him by the German “Forty-Eighter” dentist–turned-bounty hunter Dr. “King” Schultz, and represents the fictive, allohistorical beginning of the battle against slavery and racism in the...2014 July 31, Oliver C. Speck, editor, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained: The Continuation of Metacinema, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 25
    Synonyms:
    Kantianist, Kantist

Noun

Kantian (plural Kantians)

  1. A person who subscribes to philosophical views associated with Immanuel Kant.

Kantian meaning in Hindi

Kantian in Hindi

of, pertaining to, or resembling the philosophical views of Immanuel Kant
काण्टीय kāṇṭīya, कांटीय kāṇṭīya

Examples of Kantian in a sentence

  • Thus Django becomes the carrier of the “public use of one's reason”—the Kantian road to enlightenment given to him by the German “Forty-Eighter” dentist–turned-bounty hunter Dr.2014 July 31, Oliver C. Speck, editor, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained: The Continuation of Metacinema, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 25:
  • The framework was therefore Kantian: it was based on the principle of peace through exchange.2023 September 30, Patrick Wintour, quoting Zaki Laïdi, “‘No turning back’: how the Ukraine war has profoundly changed the EU”, in The...

Synonyms of Kantian

Forms of Kantian

Adjective
comparativemore Kantian
superlativemost Kantian
alternative formKantean
Noun
pluralKantians

Origin of Kantian

From Kant + -ian.

Words formed from Kantian

Questions about Kantian

What does Kantian mean?
Kantian means of, pertaining to, or resembling the philosophical views of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804).
What is Kantian in Hindi?
Kantian in Hindi is काण्टीय (kāṇṭīya), कांटीय (kāṇṭīya). See Kantian meaning in Hindi.
How do you use Kantian in a sentence?
Thus Django becomes the carrier of the “public use of one's reason”—the Kantian road to enlightenment given to him by the German “Forty-Eighter” dentist–turned-bounty hunter Dr.
What part of speech is Kantian?
Kantian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Kantian in the dictionary

  1. Kantes
  2. kantha
  3. kantharoi
  4. kantharos
  5. kanthas
  6. Kantian
  7. Kantianism
  8. Kantianist
  9. Kantianists
  10. Kantians
  11. kantikoy

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