Meanings
plural Bergsonists
- A follower of Bergsonian philosophy.
It would appear that Lewis is more of a Bergsonist than he might admit, while Bergson is less of a Bergsonist than Lewis would have him.
1992, David Ayers, Wyndham Lewis and Western Man, Springer, →ISBN, page 22
comparative more Bergsonist · superlative most Bergsonist
- Synonym of Bergsonian.
As I see it, there are at least two reasons for what in the light of a score of Bergsonist readings of (American) modernist writers, seems a curious oversight.
2015, Sarah Posman, Laura Luise Schultz, editors, Gertrude Stein in Europe, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 108Synonyms: Bergsonian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of Bergsonian.
Origin
Translations
Polish bergsonista
- bergsonistaTranslations
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