Husserlian

Hus·ser·li·an
H4U1S1S1E1R1L1I1A1N1

adjective

Of or pertaining to Edmund Husserl (1859–1938), philosopher who founded phenomenology.

Scrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveHusserlian (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to Edmund Husserl (1859–1938), philosopher who founded phenomenology.

    Thus the title of his paper at Royaumont has a Husserlian ring, but a peculiarly Wildian intonation: “L'anthropologie philosophique et la crise des sciences européennes.”

    1989, James M. Edie, “John Wild and Phenomenology”, in Eugene F. Kaelin, Calvin O. Schrag, editors, American Phenomenology: Origins and Developments (Analecta Husserliana: The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research; 26), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 90

Origin

From German Husserl + -ian.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Husserlian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Husserlian

MLA

“Husserlian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Husserlian. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Husserlian,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Husserlian.

Source: Husserlian on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.