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wittgensteinian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
wittgen-steini-an
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the person or ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein, an Austrian-born twentieth-century philosopher noted for the idea of "family resemblance" as that which individual objects of a sense of a term have in common.

noun

One who believes or follows the principles of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Etymology

From Wittgenstein + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Wittgensteinians (plural)

Questions

What does wittgensteinian mean?
Of or pertaining to the person or ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein, an Austrian-born twentieth-century philosopher noted for the idea of "family resemblance" as that which individual objects of a sense of a term have in common.
Where does wittgensteinian come from?
From Wittgenstein + -ian.

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