Wildian

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adjective

Of or pertaining to John Daniel Wild (1902–1972), American philosopher, an important proponent of existentialism and phenomenology.

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Meanings

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adjectiveWildian (comparative more Wildian, superlative most Wildian)

comparative more Wildian · superlative most Wildian

  1. Of or pertaining to John Daniel Wild (1902–1972), American philosopher, an important proponent of existentialism and 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

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adjectiveWildian (comparative more Wildian, superlative most Wildian)

comparative more Wildian · superlative most Wildian

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Wildean (“of or pertaining to Oscar Wilde”).

Origin

Wildian · adjective

From Wild + -ian.

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Wildian · adjective

From Wilde + -ian.

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

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Chicago

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