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Bentham

American

[ben-thuhm, -tuhm] / ˈbɛn θəm, -təm /

noun

Jeremy, 1748–1832, English jurist and philosopher.

Bentham British

/ ˈbɛnθəm /

noun

Jeremy . 1748–1832, British philosopher and jurist: a founder of utilitarianism. His works include A Fragment on Government (1776) and Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789)

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Karen Bentham was 14 when she became a resident of Skircoat Lodge children's home.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

"These findings will be outlined at the inquest into the death of Savannah Bentham in due course."

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

"He'll have shown her a hundred fake documents and that will be one of them," says Det Con Chris Bentham who investigated the case.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2023

Like Bentham, the Irish philosopher Edmund Burke also rejected the concept of popular sovereignty.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Many there are who think that, what Hume and Paley and Jeremy Bentham began, Mill has carried nearly to perfection in these agreeable Essays.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

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