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Spenglerian, a.|ʃpɛŋˈglɪərɪən|
[f. the name of the German philosopher Oswald Spengler (1880–1936) + -ian.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the philosophy of Spengler, esp. as expressed in his work Der Untergang des Abendlandes (‘The Decline of the West’).
1922Contemp. Rev. July 52 Here the Spenglerian anti⁓thesis between Apollonian and Faustian is apparent. 1933PMLA XLVIII. 608 It is hardly necessary to refer to Spenglerian pessimism. 1948A. Toynbee Civilization on Trial 12 We do here seem to find a certain measure of Spenglerian uniformity. 1964P. Worsley in I. L. Horowitz New Sociology 373 Spenglerian-cycle schemas. 1978H. Wouk War & Remembrance xvi. 165 They sometimes played chess, and Hesse gloomed over the board in Spenglerian tones about the collapse of European man.
Also (now rarely) ˈSpenglerism, the philosophy of Spengler or views in accordance with his; ˈSpenglerist a. and n.
1922Contemp. Rev. July 50 There is no doubt in the minds of the Spenglerists that..from the ruins of Russia will arise a new culture. Ibid. 51 He will not have ‘Spenglerism’ dismissed as mere materialist determinism. Ibid. 52 The Spenglerist philosophy has not so far been exploited in the interests of German chauvinism. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Feb. 93/2 His criticism of Pragmatism, Behaviourism, Spenglerism..are..intellectually acute. |