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JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU

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• JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (noun)
The noun JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU has 1 sense:

1. French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)

Familiarity information: JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU used as a noun is very rare.

• JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (noun)

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Rousseau

Instance hypernyms:

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

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