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Wildian

Wildian adjective: of or pertaining to John Daniel Wild (1902–1972), American philosopher, an important proponent of existentialism and phenomenology. Also the alternative form of Wildean.

Adjective

Wildian (comparative more Wildian, superlative most Wildian)

  1. Of or pertaining to John Daniel Wild (1902–1972), American philosopher, an important proponent of existentialism and phenomenology.
    • Thus the title of his paper at Royaumont has a Husserlian ring, but a peculiarly Wildian intonation: “L'anthropologie philosophique et la crise des sciences européennes.”1989, James M. Edie, “John Wild and Phenomenology”, in Eugene F. Kaelin, Calvin O. Schrag, editors, American Phenomenology: Origins and Developments (Analecta Husserliana: The Yearbook of...

Also used as

Wildian is also the alternative form of Wildean.

Forms of Wildian

comparativemore Wildian
superlativemost Wildian

Origin of Wildian

From Wild + -ian.

From Wilde + -ian.

Questions about Wildian

What does Wildian mean?
Wildian means of or pertaining to John Daniel Wild (1902–1972), American philosopher, an important proponent of existentialism and phenomenology.
What part of speech is Wildian?
Wildian is an adjective.

Words near Wildian in the dictionary

  1. wildgrave
  2. wildgraves
  3. Wildgust
  4. Wildhaus
  5. Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann
  6. Wildian
  7. wildie
  8. wildies
  9. wildin'
  10. wildin' out
  11. wilding

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