russellian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, social critic and political activist.
adj
Of or relating to Ken Russell (1927–2011), English film director known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style.
Example Sentences
- "It is sometimes supposed that extensional propositions—in particular Russellian propositions, which are adopted in some neo-Millian views about proper names—are incompatible with intensionalism and presuppositionalism."
- "As Hermione phrases it, sounding convincingly Kantian or even Russellian about something called the Resurrection Stone: […]"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Russellian (comparative)
most Russellian (superlative)