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Meaning of "Bergsonian" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BERGSONIAN

Bergsonian  [bɜːɡˈsəʊnɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BERGSONIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bergsonian is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BERGSONIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Henri Bergson

Henri-Louis Bergson was a major French philosopher, influential especially in the first half of the 20th century. Bergson convinced many thinkers that immediate experience and intuition are more significant than rationalism and science for understanding reality. He was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented". In 1930, France awarded him its highest honour, the Grand-Croix de la Legion d'honneur.

Definition of Bergsonian in the English dictionary

The definition of Bergsonian in the dictionary is of or relating to Henri Bergson, the French philosopher.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BERGSONIAN


Amazonian
æməˈzəʊnɪən
Babylonian
ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪən
Bostonian
bɒsˈtəʊnɪən
Caledonian
ˌkælɪˈdəʊnɪən
calypsonian
ˌkælɪpˈsəʊnɪən
draconian
dreɪˈkəʊnɪən
Estonian
ɛˈstəʊnɪən
Hamiltonian
ˌhæməlˈtəʊnɪən
Ionian
aɪˈəʊnɪən
Jacksonian
dʒækˈsəʊnɪən
Jeffersonian
ˌdʒɛfəˈsəʊnɪən
Johnsonian
dʒɒnˈsəʊnɪən
Macedonian
ˌmæsɪˈdəʊnɪən
Newtonian
njuːˈtəʊnɪən
Oxonian
ɒkˈsəʊnɪən
parkinsonian
ˌpɑːkɪnˈsəʊnɪən
Smithsonian
smɪθˈsəʊnɪən
Tennysonian
ˌtɛnɪˈsəʊnɪən
Torontonian
tɒrənˈtəʊnɪən
Wilsonian
wɪlˈsəʊnɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BERGSONIAN

Bergamo
bergamot
bergamot orange
bergander
Bergdama
bergen
bergenia
Bergerac
bergfall
Bergie
Bergius
Bergman
bergmehl
bergschrund
Bergson
Bergsonism
bergylt
berhyme
Beria

WORDS THAT END LIKE BERGSONIAN

aeonian
Apollonian
Baconian
Cameroonian
chelonian
chthonian
Devonian
Etonian
favonian
Franconian
gorgonian
Hambletonian
Livonian
Miltonian
New Caledonian
Patagonian
Plutonian
Romanian
Slavonian
the Devonian
Washingtonian

Synonyms and antonyms of Bergsonian in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Bergsonian» into 25 languages

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柏格森
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bergsoniano
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Bergsonian
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Bergsonian
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Bergsonian
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бергсонианцем
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Bergson
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Bergsonian
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bergsonienne
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Bergsonian
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Bergsons
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Bergsonian
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Bergsonian
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Bergsonian
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Bergsonian
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Bergsonian
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बर्गस्ोनियन
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Bergsoncu
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Translator English - Italian

bergsoniana
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Bergsonian
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бергсоніанцем
40 millions of speakers

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bergsoniană
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μπερξονικό
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Bergsonian
14 millions of speakers
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Bergsonian
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Bergsonian
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Bergsonian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BERGSONIAN»

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Bergsonian philosophy and Thomism
Bergsonian Philosophy and Thomism presents us with a philosopher who mastered his craft, a Thomist who acquired the mind of Thomas himself, and a critic of rare perception and refinement.
Jacques Maritain, J. Gordon Andison, Mabelle L. Andison, 2007
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The Bergsonian heritage
"Papers presented during the American and French Bergson Centennial celebrations [Oct. 16, 1959 and May 19, 1959]"
Thomas Hanna, 1962
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Vladimir Nabokov: Bergsonian and Russian Formalist ...
This study seeks to counter the critical orthodoxy that conceives of Vladimir Nabokov as a Symbolist writer concerned with a transcendent reality.
Michael Glynn, 2007
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A Critical Exposition of the Bergsonian Philosophy of Life
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Dongmei Fang, 2011
5
Henri Bergson and British Modernism
For example, critics have frequently called "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" a Bergsonian poem because of its obvious Bergsonian treatment of time, while the other poems - "Preludes," "La Figlia Che Piange," and "Portrait of a Lady" - although ...
Mary Ann Gillies, 1996
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A Concise Companion to Modernism
But this orthodox view of Bergson has encountered increasing opposition from thinkers in a wide variety of fields and the continuing presence of Bergsonian ideas in postmodern culture has been noted by a growing number of critics. Perhaps ...
David Bradshaw, 2008
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Enjoyment: From Laughter to Delight in Philosophy, ...
Bergson objected to Shaw's interpretation of Bergsonian theory, so perhaps we could argue that Shaw's synthesis of Bergsonian thought, interesting as it is, did not reflect a Bergsonian synthesis. Nevertheless, Shaw more than once referred  ...
Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, 1998
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Bergson and Russian Modernism, 1900-1930
MANDEL'SHTAM: THE TIMELESS WORD AS BERGSONIAN "SYSTEM" It seems likely that Osip Mandel'shtam was familiar with Bergson's works prior to his 1922 essay "On the Nature of the Word" (O prirode slova), as Mandel'shtam studied ...
Hilary L. Fink, 1999
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The Maritain Factor: Taking Religion Into Interwar Modernism
THE. IMPACT. OF. BERGSONIAN. THOUGHT. Like the futurists, both Maritain and his partner Raïssa Oumançoff initially found in Bergson's metaphysical philosophy an answer to the spiritual void left by ...
Rajesh Heynickx, Jan De Maeyer, 2010
10
The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Image in Digital Media
(Gilles Deleuze's Bergsonian reading of Tarkovsky's work in The Time-Image strengthened this connection.) In this context, the layered visual and sonic temporality of the pond sequence in Five goes against the dominant framework of  ...
Carol Vernallis, Amy Herzog, John Richardson, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BERGSONIAN»

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The Stacks: Jack Kerouac Was the Winston Churchill of the Beats
... with the structure following from his Bergsonian ideas about Time and embodying them; Kerouac, whose innovations are challenging in their ... «Daily Beast, Jun 15»
2
Gülen movement as creative and civil movement
The Bergsonian philosophy had been a sanctuary for our intellectuals who used it to dispense with the "despair and darkness" in the face of the ... «Today's Zaman, Mar 15»
3
Time Is A Flat Circle: Ben Lerner Interviewed
... your experience of the present, is so shot through with the fictions you tell about the future that, in this kind of Bergsonian sense, there's really ... «The Quietus, Feb 15»
4
Mira Schendel: Monotypes at Hauser & Wirth | Exhibition review
Monotypes is an example of Schendel's early experiments with language and symbols as diverse as Bergsonian theories of time and space. «The Upcoming, Jan 15»
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The Philosophy of Complexity: Are Complex Systems Inherently …
There is a need to investigate the idea of 'Bergsonian information,' the extension of duration-as-time and duration-as-consciousness/self to the ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Jan 15»
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Kenneth Tynan on John Bird and John Fortune at The Establishment
... cold-blooded); in true Bergsonian style, it invites us to laugh, as free agents, at the spectacle of human beings who have become automata. «The Guardian, Mar 14»
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The De Man Case
De Man duly provides a résumé listing an imaginary master's thesis (“The Bergsonian Conception of Time in the Contemporary Novel”) and an ... «New Yorker, Mar 14»
8
Freewomen and Supermen: Edwardian Radicals and Literary …
The suggestion that Imagism – a movement promoting the concrete poetic image, the thing itself, not an abstraction – was born of Bergsonian ... «Times Higher Education, Jan 14»
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Darwin in the Dock: CS Lewis's Doubts about the Creative Power of …
There Lewis stated that "[t]he Bergsonian critique of orthodox Darwinism is not easy to answer."66. Lewis was referring to Henri Bergson ... «Discovery Institute, Nov 13»
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Contemporary Istanbul art fair 2013. Social Art and its dynamics
A Bergsonian integrity of time was no longer needed either. Within this new appreciation, subjects were the individuals who would build their ... «Yareah Magazine, Nov 13»

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