Foucault

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proper noun

Michel Foucault

OriginFrench Foucault →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

proper nounFoucault (countable and uncountable, plural Foucaults)

plural Foucaults

  1. A surname from French.
    1. countableuncountableMichel Foucault

      There are many “Foucaults” — whether they are all texts, or features in a network of institutional power, a régime of truth and knowledge, or the discourse of the author and his works.

      1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 5 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN)
    2. countableuncountableJean Bernard Léon Foucault, French physicist (1819–1868)

Origin

  1. FrenchFoucault
  2. FrenchFoucault
  3. EnglishFoucault

Borrowed from French Foucault.

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Cite this entry
APA

Foucault. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Foucault

MLA

“Foucault.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Foucault. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Foucault,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Foucault.

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