Spinozistn.
/spɪˈnəʊzɪst/, U.S. /spəˈnoʊzəst/ A person who accepts or advocates the philosophical doctrines of Spinoza.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Spinosism The Doctrine of Spinosa... The Retainers whereto, are called Spinosists.
1740 W. Warburton Note Pope's Ess. Man 24 The Spinozists..to hide the Impiety..are used to express the Omnipresence of God in Terms that any religious Theist might employ.
1814 W. Wilson Hist. Dissenting Churches IV. 78 He was generally esteemed to be a Spinozist.
1852 H. Melville Pierre xx. ii. 381 Why, lad, I have received propositions from the Editors of the Spinozaist to contribute a weekly column to their paper, and you know how very few can understand the Spinozaist.
1882–3 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. 309 The conversation [with Jacobi] shows that Lessing ended a confirmed Spinozist.
1912 Q. Rev. Oct. 398 He no longer speaks as a Spinozaist.
Compounds
General attributive.
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1878 J. Morley Diderot I. 224 The true line of cleavage that would have enabled him..to shatter the Spinosist system.
Derivatives
Spinozite n. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > pantheism > [noun] > in Spinoza's philosophy > adherent of
Spinozite1690
Spinozist1728
1690 in Maidment Bk. Sc. Pasquils (1868) 186 The Spinosit to his own interest true, Swears if a Trinitie, they have theirs too.
1946 Mind 55 101 Some of these assumptions..are often confidently made by others than professed Spinozites.
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