Benda

/ bɛ̃da /

noun

1. BendaJulien18671956MFrenchPHILOSOPHY: philosopherWRITING: novelist Julien (ʒyljɑ̃). 1867–1956, French philosopher and novelist, who defended reason and intellect and attacked the influence of Bergson: author of La Trahison des clercs (1927)

Example Sentences

Benda threw up his hands in surrender and re-entered the store.

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Benda was presiding at a function too important to be interrupted by thoughts of trade.

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With another wave of his hand to the children Benda resumed his concert.

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Benda had been killed in the second intrenchments on Long Island.

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M. Julien Benda is not led to this startling utterance by any political or sentimental grudge.

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