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Znanieckian

Znanieckian adjective: of or relating to Florian Znaniecki (1882–1958), Polish sociologist.

Adjective

Znanieckian (comparative more Znanieckian, superlative most Znanieckian)

  1. Of or relating to Florian Znaniecki (1882–1958), Polish sociologist.
    • Medical and public health discussion of firearms issues have consistently exemplified "sagecraft" in the Znanieckian concept of partisan academic "sages" inventing, selecting, or misinterpreting data to validate preordained conclusions.1997, Don B. Kates, Gary Kleck, The Great American Gun Debate, page 123
    • It is not at all clear whether Lindesmith's and Cressey's theories fit this Znanieckian model; or, indeed, whether that model is viable.2012, Barry Cooper, Martyn Hammersley, Roger Gomm, Challenging the Qualitative-Quantitative Divide

Forms of Znanieckian

comparativemore Znanieckian
superlativemost Znanieckian

Origin of Znanieckian

From Znaniecki + -an.

Questions about Znanieckian

What does Znanieckian mean?
Znanieckian means of or relating to Florian Znaniecki (1882–1958), Polish sociologist.
What part of speech is Znanieckian?
Znanieckian is an adjective.

Words near Znanieckian in the dictionary

  1. ZNA
  2. Znaga
  3. Znamenny
  4. Znamensk
  5. Znamianka
  6. Znanieckian
  7. ZNS
  8. znucalite
  9. zo
  10. Zo'é
  11. zo-

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