Meanings
- uncountableThe philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes; support for this system.
Kant’s defence of state authority was indeed vigorous, but the ‘Hobbesianism’ identified by Richard Tuck and others should not be taken too far.
2013, Reidar Maliks, “The state of freedom: Kant and his conservative critics”, in Quentin Skinner, Martin van Gelderen, editors, Freedom and the Construction of Europe, volumes 2, Free Persons and Free States, →ISBN, page 2052 more examples
Scepticism or Hobbesianism, that is the meaning of your article of Aug. 21, which I regret to have read in the Economist. Nowhere conscience is apparent.
1852 August 26, V. de S., The Economist […] , volume 10, number 480, page 955[…] Aravamudan’s work unintentionally participates in the liberal project of burying a Hobbesianism that has consistently been recognized as a threat to the very Protestant capitalist revolution Aravamudan would want to indict.
2015, Paul Downes, Hobbes, Sovereignty, and Early American Literature, →ISBN, page 49
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
French hobbisme, hobbesianisme
- hobbismephilosophy of Hobbes
- hobbesianismephilosophy of Hobbes
German Hobbesianismus
- Hobbesianismusphilosophy of Hobbes
Latin Hobbesiānismus
- Hobbesiānismusphilosophy of Hobbes
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Hobbesianism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hobbesianism
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