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Schmittian

Schmittian adjective: of, or related to political theorist Carl Schmitt (1888–1985) or his theories.

Adjective

Schmittian (not comparable)

  1. Of, or related to political theorist Carl Schmitt (1888–1985) or his theories.
    • That China has gotten rid of the virus, which President Donald Trump called “the invisible enemy,” while the United States remains hobbled by it, is portrayed among Chinese statists as a triumph for the Schmittian worldview.2020 December 1, Chang Che, “The Nazi Inspiring China’s Communists”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2021
    • Us and them: the Schmittian fantasy underpinning the binary myth of a carceral state like Safetown, “everybody keeping watch on everybody else”.2022 July 21, Imogen Dewey, “Enclave by Claire G Coleman review – why shouldn’t we make a utopia?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2022

Noun

Schmittian (plural Schmittians)

  1. A follower of the ideas of Carl Schmitt.
    • Trump may be a Schmittian by instinct and aspiration, but he’s a fair-weather Schmittian only. A true authoritarian, confronted by limits on his power, might have ripped through them in service of establishing his authority.2020 April 14, Quinta Jurecic, Benjamin Wittes, “Being an Actual Authoritarian Is Too Much Work for Trump”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2020

Forms of Schmittian

pluralSchmittians

Origin of Schmittian

From Schmitt + -ian.

Questions about Schmittian

What does Schmittian mean?
Schmittian means of, or related to political theorist Carl Schmitt (1888–1985) or his theories.
What part of speech is Schmittian?
Schmittian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Schmittian in the dictionary

  1. Schmitt triggers
  2. Schmitten
  3. Schmitter
  4. schmitterite
  5. Schmitters
  6. Schmittian
  7. Schmittians
  8. schmo
  9. schmock
  10. schmocks
  11. schmoe

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