Hobbish

English

Etymology

Hobbes (a surname) +‎ -ish

Adjective

Hobbish (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Hobbesian
   • 1704, Edward Ward, The Dissenting Hypocrite, or Occasional Conformist; […] , page 12:

     Their Notions Machiavellian, Hobbish, / Draw Multitudes, because they’re Mobbish

   • 1705, William Shippen, Moderation Display’d: A Poem, Preface:

     […] the Preacher (tho’ a celebrated Divine of our Church, whose Principles are entirely Monarchical) has freely asserted several Hobbish Notions, and told us, that Democracy is of equal esteem with Monarchy, that Succession is a Jest, that all Forms of Government are in their own Nature mutable, and may be altered, or quite rescinded, as the Power in beginning shall think fit.

   • 1851, Hartley Coleridge, “Notes on British Poets”, in Derwent Coleridge, editor, Essays and Marginalia, volume 2, page 72:

     But I believe his Toryism to have been a natural emanation of his Hobbish infidelity, though in this age when infidelity affects democracy, and blackguards affect infidelity, this may sound like a paradox.