Sartre

[ sahr-truh, sahrt; French sar-truh ]

noun

1. Jean-Paul [zhah, n, -, pawl], 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.

Sartre

/ sartrə /

noun

1. SartreJean-Paul19051980MFrenchPHILOSOPHY: philosopherWRITING: novelistTHEATRE: dramatist Jean-Paul (ʒɑ̃pɔl). 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist; chief French exponent of atheistic existentialism. His works include the philosophical essay Being and Nothingness (1943), the novels Nausea (1938) and Les Chemins de la liberté (1945–49), a trilogy, and the plays Les Mouches (1943), Huis clos (1944), and Les Mains sales (1948)

Example Sentences

Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir were wowed by him when they finally met in Rome in 1961.

From Los Angeles Times

The situation evokes both Jean-Paul Sartre’s “No Exit,” where hell is defined as other people, and a perkier than usual episode of “The Twilight Zone.”

From Los Angeles Times

This matters, because the trolling tactics that Sartre identified nearly eight decades ago only have power if people give in to them.

From Salon

“I feel like I’m in a surreal movie, like Sartre’s ‘No Exit,’” the princess said on the street, interrupted repeatedly by a barking fluffy white dog in her arms and three others at her ankles.

From Seattle Times

Cohen-Solal — who has written biographies of Sartre and Leo Castelli — floats some ethical reservations, but her take on Picasso is positive, even celebratory.

From New York Times