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Voltairism|vɒlˈtɛərɪz(ə)m|
Also -eism.
[f. as prec. + -ism.]
1. Something characteristic of Voltaire.
1776Mickle tr. Camoens' Lusiad Introd. p. cxxvi, The error confessed, and still retained, is a true Voltairism.
2. The body of opinions or views expressed by Voltaire; the mocking and sceptical attitude characteristic of these.
1840Carlyle Heroes i. (1904) 14 Truly, if Christianity be the highest instance of Hero-worship, then we may find here in Voltaireism one of the lowest! 1872Morley Voltaire (1886) 1 We may think of Voltairism in France, somewhat as we think of Catholicism or the Renaissance or Calvinism. |