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Shaftesburian, a.|ʃɑːftsˈbjʊərɪən, -æ-|
Also Shaftsburean, -ian.
[f. Shaftesbury (see below) + -ian.]
Of or pertaining to the moral philosophy or literary style of Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713), author of ‘Characteristicks of Men’ (1711).
1752Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 10 (1756) I. 68 Mr. Plastic is a compleat Shaftesburian Philosopher. Ibid. 69 This with him is the Test of Truth which he opposes..to the Shaftesburian Rule. 1755Miss Talbot in Pennington Life Mrs. Carter (1808) I. 196 Shaftsburian Heathens [will read this book] because Epictetus was an honour to Heathenism. 1828D. Irving Elem. Composition (ed. 8) 243 That parade of language which distinguishes the Shaftesburean manner. |