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† ˈHobbian, a. and n. Obs.
[f. Hobb(es: see Hobbesian a. and -ian.]
A. adj. = Hobbesian.
1687Death's Vis. 214 Id'e make the Sceptic and the Hobbian Schools Recant their Maxims and Confound their Rules. 1696J. Edwards Demonstr. Exist. God Ep. Ded. 4 The vanity and inconsistency of the Hobbian creed.
B. n. = Hobbist.
a1691Baxter Charac. Hale in Chambers' Cycl. Eng. Lit., The Hobbians and other infidels. 1754Connoisseur No. 35 ⁋13 Bob Booty was a strict Hobbian, and maintained, that men were in a natural state of war with each other. 1857[see Hobbist].
Hence ˈHobbianism = Hobbism.
c1651H. More in R. Ward Life (1710) 287 But the Error is..a kind of Theological Hobbianism. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. ii. App. (1852) 218 Any governour that kens Hobbianism, can easily contrive ways enough to wreak a spite, where he owes it. |