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HOBBES

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Overview

HOBBES (noun)
  The noun HOBBES has 1 sense:

1. English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)play

  Familiarity information: HOBBES used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


HOBBES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hobbes; Thomas Hobbes

Instance hypernyms:

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)


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