Mencken

[ meng-kuhn ]

noun

1. H(enry) L(ouis), 1880–1956, U.S. writer, editor, and critic.

Mencken

/ ˈmɛŋkən /

noun

1. MenckenH(enry) L(ouis)18801956MUSWRITING: journalistWRITING: literary critic H ( enry ) L ( ouis ). 1880–1956, US journalist and literary critic, noted for The American Language (1919): editor of the Smart Set and the American Mercury, which he founded (1924)

Other Words From

• Menc·ke·ni·an [meng-, kee, -nee-, uh, n], adjective noun

Example Sentences

Mencken once said, “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”

From Los Angeles Times

Mencken, who was a dab hand at writing with great verve about how much he hated just about everything.

From Los Angeles Times

Mencken once wrote, victims of their own mysticism.

From Salon

Mencken warned us nearly a century ago about “chain-store” methods of journalism and the “eager swallowing” of propaganda done by journalists “in the face of the plainest evidence of its falsity.”

From Salon

Mencken was right: The only way to look at a politician is down.

From Salon