Humeian

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A form of Humean — Of or pertaining to the philosophy of David Hume (1711–1776).

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Meanings

adjectiveHumeian (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of Humean.
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    1963, Walter John Hipple Jr. [ed.] in the preface to the 1963 Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints edition of Alexander Gerard’s 1759 Essay on Taste, page viii This was the philosophical company Gerard kept, and it is surprising to find in him so much of the Humeian analyst as we do alongside the inevitable concessions to “common sense.”

nounHumeian (plural Humeians)

plural Humeians

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Humean.

Origin

From Hume + -ian.

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APA

Humeian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Humeian

MLA

“Humeian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Humeian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Humeian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Humeian.

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