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Voltairian

Voltairian is the alternative form of Voltairean.

Meaning of Voltairean

Adjective

Voltairean (comparative more Voltairean, superlative most Voltairean)

  1. Of or pertaining to François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778; pen name "Voltaire"), French writer, essayist, and philosopher known for his wit and defence of civil liberties.
    • "What do you want? Nineteenth-century rationalism, Voltairian deism? We're living in a religious age, you know. I suppose Anglicanism might be a solution."1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 448

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Forms of Voltairian

Adjective
comparativemore Voltairian
superlativemost Voltairian
Noun
pluralVoltairians

Words formed from Voltairian

Questions about Voltairian

What is Voltairian the alternative form of?
Voltairian is the alternative form of Voltairean.

Words near Voltairian in the dictionary

  1. Voltaire
  2. Voltairean
  3. Voltaireanism
  4. Voltaireans
  5. Voltaires
  6. Voltairian
  7. Voltairianism
  8. Voltairians
  9. Voltairish
  10. Voltairism
  11. Voltairisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Voltairian (page history and authors); Voltairean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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