BENTHAM

Meaning of BENTHAM in English

Ben ‧ tham, Jer ‧ e ‧ my /ˈbenθ ə m, ˈdʒerəmi/ BrE AmE

(1748–1832) a British ↑ philosopher who believed that the actions of people and governments should be based on what would bring happiness to the largest number of people

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BENTHAM — County: Gloucestershire Post Code: GL51
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BENTHAM — biographical name Jeremy 1748-1832 English jurist & philosopher
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BENTHAM — /ben"theuhm, -teuhm/ , n. Jeremy , 1748-1832, English jurist and philosopher.
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BENTHAM — n. family name; Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), English legal scholar and philosopher, founder of utilitarianism
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BENTHAM — biographical name Jeremy 1748-1832 English jurist & philosopher
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BENTHAM — Bentham BrE AmE ˈben t θ əm ˈbent-
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BENTHAM — (1748–1832) an English philosopher who believed that society’s aim should be ‘the greatest happiness for the greatest number’ and argued …
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BENTHAM — (1747-1832)
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BENTHAM — n. Pronunciation: ' ben(t)-th ə m Function: biographical name Jeremy 1748-1832 Eng. jurist & philos.
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BENTHAM, SIR SAMUEL — born Jan. 11, 1757, England died May 31, 1831, London British engineer, naval architect, and navy official. He was the …
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BENTHAM, JEREMY — born Feb. 15, 1748, London, Eng. died June 6, 1832, London British moral philosopher and legal theorist, the earliest expounder …
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BENTHAM, SIR SAMUEL — born Jan. 11, 1757, England died May 31, 1831, London British engineer, naval architect, and navy official in Russia (178091) …
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BENTHAM, JEREMY — born Feb. 15, 1748, London died June 6, 1832, London English philosopher, economist, and theoretical jurist, the earliest and chief …
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BENTHAM, GEORGE — born Sept. 22, 1800, Stoke, Devon, Eng. died Sept. 10, 1884, London British botanist whose classification of seed plants (Spermatophyta), …
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BENTHAM, JEREMY — Ben ‧ tham, Jer ‧ e ‧ my /ˈbenθ ə m, ˈdʒerəmi/ BrE AmE (1748–1832) a British ↑ philosopher who …
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BENTHAM, SIR SAMUEL — born Jan. 11, 1757, England died May 31, 1831, London British engineer, naval architect, and navy official. He was the …
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BENTHAM, JEREMY — born Feb. 15, 1748, London, Eng. died June 6, 1832, London British moral philosopher and legal theorist, the earliest expounder …
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MILL, JOHN STUART — born May 20, 1806, London, Eng. died May 8, 1873, Avignon, France British philosopher and economist, the leading expositor of …
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BENTHAMISM — ˈben(t)thəˌmizəm, -ntəˌm- noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Jeremy Bentham died 1832 English jurist and philosopher + English …
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BENTHAMISM — — Benthamic /ben tham"ik, -tam"-/ , adj. — Benthamite /ben"theuh muyt', -teuh-/ , n. /ben"theuh miz'euhm, -teuh-/ , n. the …
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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY — branch of philosophy that is concerned, at the most abstract level, with the concepts and arguments involved in political opinion. …
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PHILOSOPHICAL RADICAL — adherent of the utilitarian political philosophy that stemmed from the 18th- and 19th-century English jurist Jeremy Bentham and culminated in …
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INDIVIDUALISM — political and social philosophy that places high value on the freedom of the individual and generally stresses the self-directed, self-contained, …
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UTILITARIANISM — in normative ethics, a tradition dating from late-18th-century England in which action is held to be right if it tends …
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MILL, JAMES — born April 6, 1773, Northwater Bridge, Forfarshire, Scot. died June 23, 1836, London, Eng. Scottish philosopher, historian, and economist. He …
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BOWRING, SIR JOHN — born Oct. 17, 1792, Exeter, Devonshire, Eng. died Nov. 23, 1872, Claremont, near Exeter English author and diplomat who was …
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MILL, JOHN STUART — born May 20, 1806, London, Eng. died May 8, 1873, Avignon, France British philosopher and economist, the leading expositor of …
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