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Shaftesburian

Shaftesburian adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, of his writings, or of his philosophical doctrines.

Adjective

Shaftesburian (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, of his writings, or of his philosophical doctrines.
    • Johnſon bore [the 3rd Lord Shaftesbury] no good will, neither did he ſeem at all to reliſh the cant of the Shafteſburian ſchool.1787, Sir John Hawkins, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., page 255

Origin of Shaftesburian

From Shaftesbury + -an.

Questions about Shaftesburian

What does Shaftesburian mean?
Shaftesburian means of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, of his writings, or of his philosophical doctrines.
What part of speech is Shaftesburian?
Shaftesburian is an adjective.

Words near Shaftesburian in the dictionary

  1. shaft furnaces
  2. shaft horsepower
  3. shafted
  4. shafter
  5. shafters
  6. Shaftesburian
  7. Shaftesbury
  8. Shaftesburyan
  9. shafthead frame
  10. shafthead frames
  11. Shaftholme

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