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Straussian

Straussian adjective: of, or relating to Leo Strauss or his philosophy.

Adjective

Straussian (comparative more Straussian, superlative most Straussian)

  1. Of, or relating to Leo Strauss or his philosophy.
    • When Field is not invoking the founding to bash the “post-liberals” and “national conservatives,” she sides with her “East Coast” Straussian teachers against Claremont. Yet if one side of the Straussian divide can be said to be “pro-democracy,” it is the Jaffa-inspired West Coasters, whom Field...2026, Michael Anton, “Fury Road”, in The Claremont Review of Books, The Claremont Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC
  2. Of or pertaining to Richard Strauss and Johann Strauss

Noun

Straussian (plural Straussians)

  1. A follower of this philosophy.

Forms of Straussian

Adjective
comparativemore Straussian
superlativemost Straussian
Noun
pluralStraussians

Origin of Straussian

From Strauss + -ian.

Questions about Straussian

What does Straussian mean?
Straussian means of, or relating to Leo Strauss or his philosophy.
What part of speech is Straussian?
Straussian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Straussian in the dictionary

  1. Strauses
  2. Strauss
  3. Strauss-Howe generational theory
  4. Strausser
  5. Straussers
  6. Straussian
  7. Straussianism
  8. Straussians
  9. stravage
  10. stravaged
  11. stravages

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