Wittgensteinian

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English

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Etymology

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Wittgenstein +‎ -ian

Adjective

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Wittgensteinian

  1. Of or pertaining to the person or ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein, an Austrian-born twentieth-century philosopher noted for the idea of "family resemblance" as that which individual objects of a sense of a term have in common.

Noun

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Wittgensteinian (plural Wittgensteinians)

  1. One who believes or follows the principles of Ludwig Wittgenstein.