Hobbesian
Meaning
Adjective
- Involving unrestrained, selfish, and uncivilized competition among participants.
- Relating to Thomas Hobbes or his philosophical theories.
Origin
- From Hobbes + -ian; referring to the 17th century English author Thomas Hobbes, whose best-known work, Leviathan, describes a situation of unrestrained, selfish and uncivilized competition.
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