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Tractarian

UK/trækˈtɛːɹi.ən/US/trækˈtɛɹi.ən/

Tractarian noun: a member of the Oxford movement.

Noun

Tractarian (plural Tractarians)

  1. (Anglicanism) A member of the Oxford movement.

Adjective

Tractarian (comparative more Tractarian, superlative most Tractarian)

  1. (Anglicanism) Pertaining to or characteristic of the Oxford movement.
  2. Pertaining to the ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.
    • The theory of truth-functions belongs by nature to Formal Logic, and is not intrinsically tied to any particular philosophical theory. However as it appears in the Tractarian milieu, it consorts with four very Tractarian thoughts.1990, Donald Peterson, Wittgenstein’s Early Philosophy: Three Sides of the Mirror, →ISBN, page 38

Synonyms of Tractarian

Forms of Tractarian

Noun
pluralTractarians
Adjective
comparativemore Tractarian
superlativemost Tractarian

Origin of Tractarian

From tract + -arian, in reference to the tracts published by members of the Oxford movement.

Words formed from Tractarian

Questions about Tractarian

What does Tractarian mean?
Tractarian means a member of the Oxford movement.
What part of speech is Tractarian?
Tractarian can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Tractarian?
Tractarian is pronounced /trækˈtɛːɹi.ən/ (UK).
What is the plural of Tractarian?
The plural of Tractarian is Tractarians.

Words near Tractarian in the dictionary

  1. tractabilities
  2. tractability
  3. tractable
  4. tractableness
  5. tractably
  6. Tractarian
  7. Tractarianism
  8. Tractarianize
  9. Tractarianized
  10. Tractarianizes
  11. Tractarianizing

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