Burkean

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1. Of or relating to Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, remembered for his support of the cause of the American Revolutionaries, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution.
2. Of or relating to Kenneth Burke (1897–1993), American writer and literary theorist who based his analyses on the nature of knowledge.

plural Burkeans · alternative Burkian

1. One who subscribes to the ideals of Edmund Burke.

   An echt Burkean with a snob’s disdain for the contemporary Republican Party, Hart hinted at a road not taken[…].

   2009 January 18, Ross Douthat, “When Buckley Met Reagan”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021