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Condorcet

[ kawn-dawr-se ]

noun

  1. Ma·rie Jean An·toine Ni·co·las Ca·ri·tat [m, a, -, ree, zhah, n, ah, n, -, twan, nee-kaw-, lah, k, a, -, r, ee-, ta], Marquis de, 1743–94, French mathematician and philosopher.


Condorcet

/ kɔndɔrsɛ /

noun

  1. CondorcetMarie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de17431794MFrenchPHILOSOPHY: philosopherPOLITICS: politician Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de. 1743–94, French philosopher and politician. His works include Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind (1795)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

He received his formal education at the Lycée Condorcet (a school attended before him by Cocteau, Proust, and Valéry).

Condorcet made uncompromising criticism, and was put on the list of those to be suspected and got rid of.

Condorcet published a vigorous pamphlet denouncing the slave holder and all his works.

Condorcet saw in this harmonious union and fine balance of qualities the secret of his unpopularity.

Fresnel therefore adopted the ingenious device proposed by Condorcet, that of constructing a lens of a number of distinct pieces.

The heretic Condorcet pleaded powerfully for freedom whilst Christian France was still slave-holding.

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