niebuhrian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971), American theologian, ethicist, and political commentator.
Example Sentences
- "From his studies of these thinkers and activists, Mr. Obama took what he called the “Niebuhrian” lesson that we can have “a cleareyed view of the world and the realities of cruelty and sin and greed and violence, and yet, still maintain a sense of hope and possibility, as an act of will and leap of faith.”"
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more Niebuhrian (comparative)
most Niebuhrian (superlative)