Foucaultian

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A form of Foucauldian — Of or pertaining to the philosophy of Michel Foucault.

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Meanings

adjectiveFoucaultian (comparative more Foucaultian, superlative most Foucaultian)

comparative more Foucaultian · superlative most Foucaultian

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Foucauldian.

    It warmed his Foucaultian heart, in a way, to live in a land where property ownership and the control of public discourse were so obviously a matter of who had the guns.

    2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
nounFoucaultian (plural Foucaultians)

plural Foucaultians

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Foucauldian.

Origin

From Foucault + -ian.

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APA

Foucaultian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Foucaultian

MLA

“Foucaultian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Foucaultian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Foucaultian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Foucaultian.

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