Burkean

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English

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Etymology

Burke +‎ -ean

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Burkean (comparative more Burkean, superlative most Burkean)

  1. Of or relating to Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, remembered for his support of the cause of the American Revolutionaries, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution.
  2. Of or relating to Kenneth Burke (1897–1993), American writer and literary theorist who based his analyses on the nature of knowledge.

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