Nietzschean

See also: nietzschean

English

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Etymology

From Nietzsche + -ean.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈniː.t͡ʃɪ.ən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈni.t͡ʃi.ən/
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Adjective

Nietzschean (comparative more Nietzschean, superlative most Nietzschean)

  1. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher, or his writings.
    • 1952 May, George Santayana, “I Like to Be a Stranger”, in The Atlantic:
      Yet they did not preach a racial war on the Jewish foundations of Christianity, nor propose to saddle a Nietzschean morality on peaceful lands like Austria, Bavaria, and the Rhineland that were traditionally Catholic.

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Noun

Nietzschean (plural Nietzscheans)

  1. A supporter of the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche.

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