HuxleyanHuxleianadj.

/ˈhʌkslɪən/

Etymology: < the name Huxley (see Huxley n.) + -an suffix.

a. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of T. H. Huxley (see Huxley n.), or his work. Also as n.

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1889 E. Dowson Let. 26 May (1967) 81 A reasonable Huxleian agnosticism is logical & consistent.

1901 Science 22 Mar. 453/2 Yet it is worth while, now and then, to take stock of advances subsequent to, and largely consequent on, the Huxleian declaration.

1907 W. James Meaning of Truth (1909) vi. 154 Your genuine truth-lover must discourse in huxleyan heroics, and feel as if truth, to be real truth, ought to bring eventual messages of death to all our satisfactions.

1909 W. James Mem. & Stud. (1911) viii. 186 The major premise is: ‘Any spirit-revelation must be romantic.’ The minor of the spiritist is: ‘This is romantic’; that of the Huxleyan is: ‘this is dingy twaddle.’

1939 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 69 148 I have descanted long enough on my Huxleian text, and hardly know whether I have vindicated or contravened its essential purport.

1973 Nature 22 June 436/1 The result is a true Huxleian tragedy—a beautiful and virtuous hypothesis butchered by a gang of ugly facts.

b. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Aldous Huxley, English novelist (1894–1963), or his work.

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1934 Punch 9 May 531/1 It [sc. the travel book] opens..on a cruising liner, with some acid and Huxleyan comments on the people who frequent these modern portents.

1961 Times 11 Dec. 13/6 An Orwellian or Huxleian world, isolated, stream-lined, packaged.

1971 Daily Tel. 19 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 39 His first ‘serious’ book, a futurist, slightly Huxleyan novel about life in 1980.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	huxleyan
释义	HuxleyanHuxleianadj. /ˈhʌkslɪən/ Etymology: < the name Huxley (see Huxley n.) + -an suffix. a. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of T. H. Huxley (see Huxley n.), or his work. Also as n. ΚΠ 1889 E. Dowson Let. 26 May (1967) 81 A reasonable Huxleian agnosticism is logical & consistent. 1901 Science 22 Mar. 453/2 Yet it is worth while, now and then, to take stock of advances subsequent to, and largely consequent on, the Huxleian declaration. 1907 W. James Meaning of Truth (1909) vi. 154 Your genuine truth-lover must discourse in huxleyan heroics, and feel as if truth, to be real truth, ought to bring eventual messages of death to all our satisfactions. 1909 W. James Mem. & Stud. (1911) viii. 186 The major premise is: ‘Any spirit-revelation must be romantic.’ The minor of the spiritist is: ‘This is romantic’; that of the Huxleyan is: ‘this is dingy twaddle.’ 1939 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 69 148 I have descanted long enough on my Huxleian text, and hardly know whether I have vindicated or contravened its essential purport. 1973 Nature 22 June 436/1 The result is a true Huxleian tragedy—a beautiful and virtuous hypothesis butchered by a gang of ugly facts. b. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Aldous Huxley, English novelist (1894–1963), or his work. ΚΠ 1934 Punch 9 May 531/1 It [sc. the travel book] opens..on a cruising liner, with some acid and Huxleyan comments on the people who frequent these modern portents. 1961 Times 11 Dec. 13/6 An Orwellian or Huxleian world, isolated, stream-lined, packaged. 1971 Daily Tel. 19 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 39 His first ‘serious’ book, a futurist, slightly Huxleyan novel about life in 1980. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1889
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