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Spinozist

Spinozist

9.9
A person who follows the ideas of Baruch Spinoza
  • noun
  • /ˈspɪnəˌzɪst/
  • Specialized
: espinozista

Examples

  • At various times, manner has indeed been uppermost, and it would seem to be intimately connected to the notion of an added dimension, as I have associated it with the Spinozist synthesis of nature and thought and their attendant philosophies.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Indeed, Leibniz could not possibly hold that finite substances depend logically on God, for that would be in effect to deny their status as substances; it would be tantamount to the Spinozist heresy that finite things are modes of the one substance, God.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Merely technological or would-be scientific definitions of education are not adequate to the intellectually and humanly rich dimensions of education emerging from the perspective I have loosely tied here to the notion of a Spinozist synthesis.

    Academic text (2002)
  • As a dedicated Spinozist, she often argues that everything in nature is interconnected.

  • He considers himself a Spinozist because he believes in the unity of substance as proposed by Spinoza.

  • Being a Spinozist means embracing the idea that God and nature are one and the same.

Surface Forms

Spinozist singular
Spinozists plural

Morphology

Spinozist = Spinoza (transparent) = Spinoza + ist

Derived by adding the productive agentive suffix '-ist' to the name 'Spinoza', yielding a follower/supporter term that is readily interpretable.

Etymology

Spinozist comes from the name Spinoza, the Dutch philosopher, plus the ending -ist, the same ending in artist or pianist, which means 'a person who follows' or supports a belief. So a Spinozist is a person who follows Spinoza's philosophy.