n.
Pronunciation: ru ̇ - ' s ō - ˌ i-z ə m
Function: noun
Date: 1865
1 : the philosophical, educational, and political doctrines of Jean Jacques Rousseau
2 : the return to or glorification of a simpler and more primitive way of life
– Rous · seau · ist \ -ist \ noun
– Rous · seau · is · tic \ ˌ rü- ˌ s ō - ' is-tik, ru ̇ - \ adjective