Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

althusserian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: al-thusse-ri-an
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher.

noun

A proponent of the philosophy of Louis Pierre Althusser.

Example Sentences

"[…] rearticulation brought the question of temporality into the thinking of structure, and marked a shift from a form of Althusserian theory that takes structural totalities as theoretical objects to one in which the insights into the contingent possibility of structure inaugurate a renewed conception of hegemony as bound up with the contingent sites and strategies of the rearticulation of power."

Etymology

From French Althusser + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fr:Althusser

Inflected Forms

more Althusserian (comparative) most Althusserian (superlative) Althusserians (plural)

Derived Forms

Althusserianism

Questions

What does althusserian mean?: Of or pertaining to Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher.
Where does althusserian come from?: From French Althusser + -ian.

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