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Wittgensteinian

Wittgensteinian adjective: of or pertaining to the person or ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein, an Austrian-born twentieth-century philosopher noted for the idea of "family resemblance" as that which individual objects of a sense of a term have in common.

Adjective

Wittgensteinian

  1. Of or pertaining to the person or ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein, an Austrian-born twentieth-century philosopher noted for the idea of "family resemblance" as that which individual objects of a sense of a term have in common.

Noun

Wittgensteinian (plural Wittgensteinians)

  1. One who believes or follows the principles of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Forms of Wittgensteinian

pluralWittgensteinians

Origin of Wittgensteinian

From Wittgenstein + -ian.

Questions about Wittgensteinian

What does Wittgensteinian mean?
Wittgensteinian means of or pertaining to the person or ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein, an Austrian-born twentieth-century philosopher noted for the idea of "family resemblance" as that which individual objects of a sense of a term have in common.
What part of speech is Wittgensteinian?
Wittgensteinian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Wittgensteinian in the dictionary

  1. witteth
  2. Wittgenstein
  3. Wittgensteinean
  4. Wittgensteineanism
  5. Wittgensteineans
  6. Wittgensteinian
  7. Wittgensteinianism
  8. Wittgensteinians
  9. witticaster
  10. witticasters
  11. wittichenite

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